Which of the following is a method to brainstorm for compare-and-contrast topic ideas? a. outlining b. freewriting c. drafting d. revising

the correct answer with proof !

Freewriting.

The other answerer is wrong. Outlining isn't brainstorming, it's just organizing.

I included a screenshot from my schoolwork that proves that this answer is correct.

More proof, an excerpt from my school lesson about compare and contrast topic ideas (i underlined the important parts):

If you are not sure what to write about, or if you have not been given a specific topic, there are a couple of ways to generate topic ideas: freewriting and listing.

Freewrite for a few minutes. When freewriting, you should write without stopping to think or edit—just write about whatever comes to mind.

blank verse is often confused with free verse. free verse avoids traditional poetic forms such as rhyme schemes and conventional metres and can follow any pattern the poet wishes which means that the verses and lines can differ in length as the poet chooses. however blank verse like free verse is also unrhymed but each line in blank verse has roughly the same number of stresses and syllables, usually following the iambic pentameter

mrs. wright was trapped in her marriage, and could not escape it