Directions: Choose any one from the topics below and write a comparison

and contrast essay using either subject-by-subject format or point-by-point

format. Refer to the rubric below to be guided with the criteria that you
need to work on. (60 POINTS IN TOTAL)
Topic 1: Senior High School vs. College: What's New?
Topic 2: Facebook or Instagram: Which Social Network Offers More Opportunities?
Topic 3: Reading or Watching Screened Versions: What Teens Prefer?
Topic 4: Students Who Work or Unemployed Students: Who Takes the Best of This
Life?

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Purpose & The The The The
Supporting essay essay essay essay
Details compares compares and compares compares or
and contrasts contrasts and contrasts contrasts, but
items items items does not
clearly. The clearly, but clearly, but include
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points to supporting supporting no
specific information is information is supporting
examples to general. The incomplete. information or
illustrate essay The support is
the includes only essay incomplete
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essay relevant that is not
includes only to the relevant to the
the in comparison comparison
formation
relevant to the
comparison.
Organization The essay The essay The essay lack The essay
& completely completely some parts. does not
Structure include the include the The essay observe the
three parts: three parts: breaks the three parts.
introduction, introduction, information Many details
body, and body, and into are not in a
conclusion. conclusion. subject-by- logical or
The essay The essay subject or expected
uses breaks the point- order. There is
the information by-point little sense
 information into structure, but that
into subject- subject-by- some the writing is
by-subject or subject or information is organized.
point- point- in
by-point by-point the wrong
structure. It structure, but section.
follows a does not Some details
consistent follow a are not
order when consistent in a logical or
discussing the order when expected
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the this distracts
comparison. the

reader.
Transitions The essay The essay Some The
moves moves from transitions transitions
smoothly from one idea to the work well; but between ideas
one idea to next, but connections are unclear or
the next. The there between nonexistent.
essay uses is little other ideas
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and contrast essay uses
transition comparison
words to show and contrast
relationships transition
between ideas. words to show
The essay relationships
uses a variety between ideas.
of sentence
structures
and
transition.
Grammar & Writer makes Writer makes Writer makes Writer makes
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errors in grammar or grammar or errors in
grammar or spelling that spelling that grammar or
spelling that distract the distract spelling that
distract reader the reader distract the
the reader from the from the reader from
from the content. content. the
content. content.