I have to compare myself with one of my friends from a different culture. in this case my friend is from Russia and i don’t know how to start off my essay. Can someone please help out?
When writing a compare and contrast essay, you can follow two basic formats:
1) Block Format
2) Point-By Point Format
Either way, you need to write an introduction and conclusion, though I would suggest returning to those after you’ve written the body of the essay.
And either way, you need to come up with three or four details you’ll be comparing and contrasting. You might choose: food, religion, family structure, homes and/ or the education system as your topics.
Here’s how to structure the body using block or point-by-point format.
1. BLOCK
You’ll write two paragraphs: one in which you discuss your culture, and the other in which you discuss your friend’s. I.e., paragraph 1 will include details on your favorite foods, average school day, and home life. Paragraph 2 will include the same details about your friend.
2. POINT-BY-POINT
This is my preferred format. Instead of telling the reader everything about your culture, and then everything about your friend’s, you’ll compare and contrast each detail in turn. For instance, you might choose to discuss housing situation as your first detail: "My family owns a small house in a suburb, whereas [My Friend] lives in a one-bedroom apartment in a major urban area." Then you move onto the next detail. It’s much easier to compare and contrast this way.
This answer, though, is an example of block format.
Introductions typically work as four-sentence paragraphs:
1. Hook— interesting question or fact to draw a reader in.
2. Explanation– brief explanation of your topic. May take more than one sentence.
3. Transition– where you gently lead your reader into the body of the essay.
Example:
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to live in another country? My friend [Name] was born in Russia, while I’ve lived my entire life in the United States. I sat down with [Name] to discuss the differences in our culture.
This is very basic and elementary example, but I’m assuming that if you haven’t learned the fundamentals of compare and contrast essays, you’re probably not writing a college thesis 
Hope this helps 
hehe I am also from Russia:)
I guess that u shud start in the following way:
Though me and my friend belong to different cultures and use different language as a mother tongue, still there are some similarities between us, something that unites us, the reson why we are friends.
You don’t write what kinda similarities u have, maybe hobbies or school or common friends.
Good luck!
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Introduce youreself and your friend with a few relavent details -age, residence, family that sort of thing. You need to set the scene for the reader.
Then go though some sort of logical pattern of the area such as education, social lives, leisure pusuits, see what the difference and what are the similarities You should focus on the cultural differences – but you could include his choice of music, favourite foods and stuff which should give you lots to talk about.
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When writing a compare and contrast essay, you can follow two basic formats:
1) Block Format
2) Point-By Point Format
Either way, you need to write an introduction and conclusion, though I would suggest returning to those after you’ve written the body of the essay.
And either way, you need to come up with three or four details you’ll be comparing and contrasting. You might choose: food, religion, family structure, homes and/ or the education system as your topics.
Here’s how to structure the body using block or point-by-point format.
1. BLOCK
You’ll write two paragraphs: one in which you discuss your culture, and the other in which you discuss your friend’s. I.e., paragraph 1 will include details on your favorite foods, average school day, and home life. Paragraph 2 will include the same details about your friend.
2. POINT-BY-POINT
This is my preferred format. Instead of telling the reader everything about your culture, and then everything about your friend’s, you’ll compare and contrast each detail in turn. For instance, you might choose to discuss housing situation as your first detail: "My family owns a small house in a suburb, whereas [My Friend] lives in a one-bedroom apartment in a major urban area." Then you move onto the next detail. It’s much easier to compare and contrast this way.
This answer, though, is an example of block format.
Introductions typically work as four-sentence paragraphs:
1. Hook— interesting question or fact to draw a reader in.
2. Explanation– brief explanation of your topic. May take more than one sentence.
3. Transition– where you gently lead your reader into the body of the essay.
Example:
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to live in another country? My friend [Name] was born in Russia, while I’ve lived my entire life in the United States. I sat down with [Name] to discuss the differences in our culture.
This is very basic and elementary example, but I’m assuming that if you haven’t learned the fundamentals of compare and contrast essays, you’re probably not writing a college thesis
Hope this helps
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