For a compare and contrast composition, you want your thesis to do three things:

For a compare and contrast composition, you want your thesis to do three things:
Name the two topics you’ll be discussing
Identify your method of development — are you comparing, contrasting, or both?
Set up the three points you plan to discuss for each of your topics.
Remember, they need to be consistent throughout the essay. If you’re going to talk about Point 1, Point 2, and Point 3 for Topic A, you need to discuss those exact same points for Topic B.
The topic I chose is Inpatient vs outpatient nursing, that is what my essay needs to be about.
Essay #1
Compare/Contrast Essay
Approved Topics
military life/civilian life
paper charting/digital charting
electronic books/paper books
one nursing area of practice with another
(ex: outpatient nursing/inpatient nursing)
growing up an only child/
growing up with siblings
To create your essay, take each point in your outline and turn it into one or two complete sentences. Remember to take any feedback provided by your instructor for your outline assignment and apply it to your essay draft.
Your essay should:
Be at least 1000 words long (and should not exceed 1200 words)
Follow all conventions of grammar, style, structure, and organization discussed in this course
Have a clear introduction with a thesis statement that sets up the main points
Have body paragraphs that have a single point (these points relate directly back to the thesis) and a concluding paragraph that wraps it all up
Use the point by point method of comparison
Your essay should AVOID:
Outside research
First or second person
Judgment about a topic being better; you are only comparing and contrasting them.

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