Question

How many paragraphs does a typical 9th grade compare-and-contrast essay have? Is the structure intro, body(compare), body(contrast), resolution? Thanks!

Answer 1

That's one way to organize everything, yes.

Another is this:

Intro (including thesis statement)
All about one item/topic -- differences
All about the 2nd item/topic -- differences
Comparison (similarities) between the two)
Conclusion


https://leo.stcloudstate.edu/acadwrite/thesistatement.html

More ideas here:
https://leo.stcloudstate.edu/acadwrite/comparcontrast.html

Answer 2

Oh, I see now how I'm going to write my essay. Thanks so much!

Answer 3

You're welcome!