Compare and contrast the health benefits and drawbacks of living in the city versus the country, in the United States.
Write an essay in MLA format in which you compare and contrast the health benefits and drawbacks of living in the city versus the country, in the United States. Your discussion can include both mental and physical health. You can also write an essay about the benefits/drawbacks of raising children in the country vs. city.
You can draw from these articles and look for others. Remember: you can read blogs or real estate websites to get ideas, but you cannot use them for sources in your paper. You must use at least two sources with a minimum of one reference to each.
.gov newspapers academic journals news organizations are good sources
Think about discussing the effects of corona virus in city vs. country!
https://www.voanews.com/usa/city-living-can-be-bad-your-health
https://planningtank.com/city-insight/benefits-living-cities
Be sure to use transition words that express contrast such as: however, on the contrary, meanwhile, etc. See the OWL list for more.
Be sure to follow all the rules for MLA formatting!
Should you include your opinion? You dont need to because its not an opinion essay, but if you feel strongly about the topic and want to present one side as being better than the other, you can express your opinion.
Be careful! This is not an essay about the advantages of city life vs. country life. Its an essay about the health benefits and drawbacks in city vs. country, so keep your essay focused on those points. Here a few tips:
Do not include a discussion of povertyit will complicate the issues.
Do not include a discussion of suburbsmake it a stark contrast of city vs. country.
Make sure your sources are writing about the U.S.
BLOCK METHOD Different Formats
Compare country and city living by writing about each one separately.
Body Paragraph 1 — Country living health positives and negatives
Body Paragraph 2—City living health positives and negatives
Body Paragraph 3— Any other discussion point that you see as relevant:
Maybe a paragraph about corona virus and how it affects city vs. country living; or maybe discuss how some people have both a city home and a country home and how that benefits them; any ideas that you want to comment on
Body Paragraph 1—Country living health positives
Body Paragraph 2—Country living health negatives
Body Paragraph 3—City living health positives
Body Paragraph 4—City living health negatives
Body Paragraph 1—Country living health positives
Body Paragraph 2—City living health positives
Body Paragraph 3—Country living health negatives
Body Paragraph 4—City living health negatives
Point-by-Point Method
Discuss different aspects of health in city and country living by organizing the paragraphs according to the topics (aspects) rather than country and city.
Heres an example:
Body Paragraph 1—Air Quality
In this paragraph, youll compare the air quality of city vs. country living.
Body Paragraph 2, 3—Discuss different points s and compare city vs. country
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