Outline for a Compare and Contrast Paragraph – Block Method I. Topic Sentence (introduce the two subjects A and B that are being compared or contrasted) ____________________________________________________________________________________ A. Subject A ________________________________________________________________________________ B. Subject B ________________________________________________________________________________ C. Controlling Idea ________________________________________________________________________________ II. Subject A – Point 1 ____________________________________________________________________________________ III. Subject A – Point 2 ____________________________________________________________________________________ IV. Subject B – Point 1 ____________________________________________________________________________________ V. Subject B – Point 2 ____________________________________________________________________________________ VI. Concluding Sentence (summarize main points) ____________________________________________________________________________________