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  Subject-by-subject vs Point-by-point This week we learned about other methods of writing. With both methods, we take two ideas and where we compare or describe them like last weeks methods, but the development of the topics throughout the text is slightly different. With a subject-by-subject structure we take topic A and topic B, we produce our introduction and the first pargraph is in charge of focusing on topic A, once the points are made we moved on to the next paragraph that will focus only in topic B, until we get to the conlusion. On Point-by-point, we take topic A and topic B, we produce the introduction, then the first pargraph will have topic A and B together making a point but it will focus in idea 1, after we finish that point we move on to the next paragraph and with topic A and B to make another point or more under idea 2. It might feel confusing at first but practice makes perfect, and that's how I wrote this two texts: Does freedom come with a price tag? ...

  This week we have followed the topic of compare and contrast in combination with other pre-writing techniques like the Venn diagram and the chart method. Where the only purpose is to compare 2 or more topics, see the things that those topics have in common and what are the differences between them. This week I chose a topic related to health and lifestyle, and I focused on the few similarities and the huge differences between vegans, vegetarians and other 2 categories that don't fit in any of them. Are Vegetarians and Vegans the same thing?  In order to be healthy and environmentally conscious you don’t have to avoid all animal products, however, there’s other people out there that differ with this argument. Some have chosen a different lifestyle for the sake of their own bodies and the planet. If you are one of those people that want to do the same, I’ll break down to you the most common misunderstandings. The differences between a vegetarian, vegans and some others that do...

 With a compare-contrast composition, you use 2 different techniques with them. With the method of comparison you take 2 points and describe the similarities between these 2 arguments, leaving behind the obvious but providing a more analyzed insight for it. In the method of Contrast, you take 2 arguments or topics that might be related and look for the differences. As instructed for this week, I based my composition on whether is it a myth what people believe about eating breakfast being the most important meal of the day or there are scientific facts behind it. I took the fact that some people believe that breakfast is good for your health or their popular opinion about the importance of breakfast in contrast to the recent studies confirming that whether you eat your breakfast or not, it doesn't have major impact on your health. What it matters at the end is the combination of your lifestyle choices and the diet you carry on. Is breakfast a choice or a must-do for your health...