College Composition / Unit 15 CMP 0360 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Block and Point-by-Point
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The idea
A comparison can be arranged by subject, the block method, or by feature, the point-by-point or alternating method.
In practice
The block method covers all of one subject, then the next; the alternating method moves feature by feature, covering both each time.
Where people slip
The block method can lose the comparison in a long paper; the alternating method keeps it in front of readers.
Your place on the trail
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