Outline of Comparison Essay

Topic: Comparison between Korean school and American school

1. Introduction (Paragraph 1)
A. Hook: Importance of education institution, Mention about the fact that every
citizen in two countries attends the schools.
B. Connecting Information: Both countries governments put much money and
time to improve their education systems -> two countries have different cultures
and pursue different values -> different school system
C. Thesis statement: As Korea and the United States are located in totally
different places, Korean school and American school have many differences.
2. Body
A. Paragraph 2 (first point of comparison) topic sentence: First difference
between two schools is clothing
1) Korea -> need to wear the school uniform
a. the origin of school uniform in Korea
b. strict rules on school uniform
2) U.S.A -> need to wear plain clothes
a. has no strict rules on wearing clothes
b. students spend much money on buying famous brand clothes
B. Paragraph 3 (second point of comparison) topic sentence: Also, the school
feeding system is different
1) Korea -> little bit restricted
a. offer one menu per day. Every student and teacher eat fixed menu
b. pay money monthly
2) U.S.A. -> more freely
a. offer various menu such as hamburger, pizza
b. pay money everyday depending on menu (each menu has different prices)
C. Paragraph 4 (third point of comparison) topic sentence: Last difference
between two countries is the amount of time that students spend in school
1) Korea -> (high school) from morning to night 8AM~10PM almost 14hours
a. focus on getting into the University
b. time for self-studying until the night for scholastic ability test
2) U.S.A. -> from morning to afternoon 7AM~2PM almost 7hours
a. less focused on getting into the University
b. make students experience various things such as sports and club activities
Have more freely atmosphere

3. Conclusion (Paragraph 5)
A. Restated thesis: As Korea and the U.S.A. have their own unique cultures,
they have different education systems
B. Suggestion, opinion, or prediction: As school is important for all students,
countries should constantly improve their school systems by learning other
countries educational strengths.