outline Compare/Contrast your life as a child with your life now.PROMPT:  PURPOSE: To  Who is your audience?  INTRODUCTION PARAGRAPH: HOOK: 2-4 background sentences – why are you comparing these things? THESIS STATEMENT: BODY PARAGRAPH #1:  POINT OF COMPARISON  1:              Thing being compared #1:                  explain, support, describe the idea above with personal details in 1-2 sentences             Thing being compared #2:                  explain, support, describe the idea above with personal details in 1-2 sentences  Concluding idea to make a choice/ Say which is better: When considering ___________, I think _______________ is better because ____________________________________. BODY PARAGRAPH #2: POINT OF COMPARISON 2:             The thing being compared #1:                  explain, support, describe the idea above with personal details in 1-2 sentences             The thing being compared #2:                  explain, support, describe the idea above with personal details in 1-2 sentences  Concluding idea to make a choice/ Say which is better: When considering ___________, I think _______________ is better because ____________________________________.  CONCLUSION PARAGRAPH: RESTATEMENT:  CONCLUDING IDEA:   Arts & Humanities English RESL 41