Target 13-Comparison and Contrast
You can define an object or describe a person by comparing or contrasting the object
with something else. You can define a pear by comparing it with a peach or contrast-
ing it with a banana. This is a very useful way to organize your material.
Useful Words for Comparison and Contrast
Contrast Comparison
almost the same as different from
in common with differ from
correspond to even so
in the same way however
just as in contrast to
like, alike in opposition to
resemblance less than
resemble more than
similar to otherwise
similarly slower than, etc.
to be parallel to still
PRACTICE I
Read these questions write con if it‘s a question asking for contrast. Write comp if it’s a ques tino asking for comparison.
1………..How is greed different from envy?
2…………. How does a mobile phone them a landmine phone
3……………………. How are dogs and cats alike?
4……………….in what ways are trains and planes different?
5……………….. What are the similarities between a chair and a stool?
6………….. Can you is the ways a restaurant and a catena
7…………. What are the licenses between classical and hip hop
8 ……………. How are Manalapan and Madagascar the same
PRACTICE 2
Carreplete the blanks with words that show companies ar contrast Use the works in the last
sein. Some words may be used more than once. Don’t forget to add ons where necessary.
in contrast to while difference however
A
Landline phones and cell phones are devices used for communicating with people in other
places. The biggest1 …………………between a landline phone and a mobile phone is
cheta a landline phone stays in one place 2………………….a mobile phone cam
goes everywinere. A landline phone always stays in your home or office. A mobile phone.
3……………………….can go wherever you go. There is a disadvantage to this. You always
I know where your landline phone is on your desk on the kitchen wall by the bed or
wherever you keep it 4
a landline phone, a mobile phone is easily
misplaced.
Alike similar to just as both
B
A restaurant is a place where you order food and it is brought to your table. A cafeteria is
5…………………….a restaurant, except that in a cafeteria you serve yourself. There are
several ways in which a restaurant and a cafeteria are 6……………………….In
7……………………………..places you can eat a good meal without cooking it yourself. In a
Restaurant you select your meal from a menu. In a cafeteria you can also choose your meal
from among several different possibilities, 8 ———–.in a restaurant. Finally, in
9 …………………..a restaurant and a cafeteria, you have to pay for what you eat.
AMERICAN cell or mobileBarisic misplaced
PRACTICE 3
When you write a compare/contrast paragraph, you begin by defining one item un
comparing or contrasting it with the other item.
Read the paragraph below. Then on a separate sheet of paper write a passage comparing
and cars.
A greedy person is someone who wants more of what he or she already has. An
envious person is someone who wants what someone else has. For example, 1
may envy your car, but a greedy person will want a bigger car than you have plus
a big garage to put the car in.
GRAMMATICAL RANGE AND ACCURACY
In addition to good organization of ideas and a variety of vocabulary, a well-written essay has Well-written sentences.it has a variety of sentences.it has a variety of sentence structure and sentence length that holds the reader’s interest and helps make the ideas clear. The restaurant naturally .correct grammatical structures are used.