Sample - Contrast Paragraph

The Weather in Chicago and Miami

My cousin and I recently had a discussion about whether his hometown, Chicago, or my hometown, Miami, has better weather. Our discussion centered on three differences between the weather in our two hometowns. First, Chicago has all four seasons, but Miami does not. Chicago enjoys summer, fall, winter, and spring weather. Miami, in contrast, has only two seasons: a very mild winter and a very long summer. Another major difference in the weather between our two cities is that Chicago’s worst weather occurs in the winter. On average, the high temperature reaches only around 32 degrees, and the low each night goes down to about 20 degrees. The problem in Miami is not the cold but rather the heat. In the summer, the temperature reaches 95 degrees in the daytime and drops only to 75 or so at night. Finally, people in each city are worried about different weather problems. While a Chicagoan’s biggest weather fear is a blizzard, the biggest weather problem for people in Miami is a hurricane. In the end, my cousin and I learned that each of our hometowns has unique weather.

1. Underline the topic sentence
2. Underline the concluding sentence. Does the writer offer a suggestion, an opinion, a summary, or a prediction?
3. Underline the three major supporting details. Circle the transition word/phrase
4. What method of organization does the writer use: block or point-by-point?
5. Circle contrast language – transitions and connectors
6. How many sentences does the paragraph have?

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