Week 13
(11-28 to 12-02-2011)
COMPARE AND CONTRAST
MONDAY
Comparison and contrast are ways of looking at objects and thinking about how they are alike and different. There are two main reasons that people use comparison and contrast:
1. To Explain--You might compare and contrast kinds of food, for instance, to help someone understand which food need to be refrigerated and which can be stored in a cabinet or in a bowl on the counter.
2. To Evaluate--You might compare and contrast kinds of food to show why one kind of food or brand of food is better than another. For example, apples are a better snack than butter.
When you choose items to compare and contrast, make sure that you choose items that have similarities.
You have to choose things that will make sense for comparison and contrast. For instance, it wouldn't make sense to compare a truck with crayons or crayons with a birdhouse.
Be sure to compare things that belong together. Compare crayons to pencils or pens, or compare trucks and cars.
When you compare items, you look for their similarities--the things that make them the same.
For example:
Apples and oranges are both fruit.
They're both foods.
Both are made into juice.
Both grow on trees.
When you contrast items, you look at their differences.
For example:
Apples are red. Oranges are orange.
The fruits have different textures.
Oranges need a warmer place to grow, like Florida.
Apples can grow in cooler states, like Washington.
HERE IS A LIST OF THE TRANSITION WORDS USE IN COMPARING AND CONTRASTING:
Contrast both on the other hand
by the same token on the contrary rather
instead likewise similarly
yet but however
still nevertheless in contrast
The children were very happy. On the other hand, and perhaps more importantly, their parents were very proactive in providing good care.
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