QUESTIONS

1.-What are the linking words used in the Comparison and Contrast?

Linden, competitive, counsel

According, something, think

Conjugations, prepositions, adverbs and transitions.

Communication, before, decision

2.-What are the ways to organize essays?

Two things are compared

Compared computers and TV

Compared conjugations and adverbs

3.-What is the comparison / contrast used for?

For all types of writing projects

To write tales and legends

To talk about novels

4.-Contrast is defined is to find the difference between two or more topics. Explain
with your words the difference between a theory and a process.

Theory: Set of rules, principles and knowledge about a science or an activity, focusing on
its practical applications.
Process: Set of operations to which a thing is subjected to elaborate it.

5.-Observe the following paragraph and deduce if it is a theory, a process or an event.

 On Wednesday, the 16th of this month, the school's sporting Thursdays will take
place, so he is invited and will be part of this event that will take place on the
institution's courts.
EVENT THEORY PROCESS

6.- List 5 words that indicate contrast and 5 that indicate comparison.

Contrast

 Notwithstanding
 In contrast
 On the other hand
 Or otherwise
 On the contrary
Comparison

 Like
 In addition
 or also
 Likewise
 Compared with
7.- Complete:

The process of comparison and contrast consists of identifying and articulating

simultaneously similarities and differences between various things, ideas or events.

The comparison and contrast implies the presence of at least two elements taken as
reference points, the identification of the attributes from which the differences and
similarities will be established and the review of the presence or absence of them in
each one of the elements.

8.- Put TRUE or FALSE as appropriate:

Comparison and Contrast:

It is a technique used to classify and organize all the ideas gathered by means of
brainstorming. (TRUE)
 This technique helps to classify and sort all the information you have and you can build
a speech with the ideas you have gathered. (TRUE)

This technique helps to deepen the learning, since to carry out this process requires a
systematic, rigorous thinking, which reviews the acquired knowledge discovering new
relationships and conclusions. (FALSE)

9.-Compare and Contrast

When you compare two subjects, you look for things that are the same. When you contrast
them, you look for things that are different. Some pieces of writing both compare and
contrast two things in the same paragraph or essay. Writers use transitional words to
suggest whether something is being compared or contrasted.

DIRECTIONS: Think about two buildings that you are familiar with. They can be two
different homes, two different schools, or any combination of buildings. Write a paragraph
that both compares and contrasts the two buildings.

10.- DIRECTIONS: Read each sentence. Does it compare or contrast? Underline the clue
words. Write your answer on the line.

1. Ella had her hair done in style similar to mine. ___________________

2. That bike is the same color as our car. ___________________

3. I was hungry, but I was reluctant to eat, since I didn’t like what was on offer.
___________________

4. I got an A in math, and I am doing well in other classes, too. ___________________

5. I ordered steak; however, I was served chicken. ___________________

6. I got my homework done despite the fact that I left my book at school.
___________________

7. That story resembles one I read a year ago. ___________________

8. Hank is six feet tall, although his brother is only five feet. ___________________

9. I eat meat, whereas my parents are vegetarians. ___________________

10. My taste differs from yours, since I don’t have a sweet tooth. ___________________

11.-True or False
Sometimes we may want to use comparison/contrast techniques in our own pre-writing
work or for all kinds of writing projects (V)

12.-Choose 2 questions: What are the questions that should be asked in “Two ideas or
theories”
When did they occur?

What are they about?

Why are they significant?

Did they originate at some particular time?

What kinds of work did people do?

13.-What is a compare and contrast exercise?

a) Tasks that require us to determine characteristics that two or more things have in
common and ways in which they differ.
b) Exercises in which the speaker has a goal of convincing the audience to accept his
or her point of view
c) A type of speech that uses descriptions, demonstrations, vivid detail, and definitions
to explain a subject, person, or place the audience wants to understand
d) All of the options are correct

14.-Which of the following is a helpful tool that allows us to visually represent a

compare the results of a compare and contrast exercise?
a) Comparative essay
b) Persuasive speech
c) Venn diagram
d) Contrast

15.-Which of the following terms refers to looking for ways in which two or more
topics are the same?
a) Compare
b) Venn diagram
c) Contrast
d) Explore
 16.-Which of the following statements corresponds to the body of a
Comparison and Contrast Test?

 In these lines the author will comment on his intentions, as well as the elements that
he will proceed to compare and contrast, without making explicit reference to the
relationship he will establish between the entities to be compared, in order to really
surprise the reader
 summary of the main ideas addressed during the development of the Essay, as a
prelude to the presentation of his argument and conclusions, which should basically
be the reaffirmation of his initial hypothesis.

 It is composed of three paragraphs where the different comparisons and contrasts

are established. In the first paragraph, he exposes each of the elements that will be
addressed, in the second paragraph the author begins by addressing the similarities
and differences that arise between the two chosen entities and in the third paragraph
the author reveals the argument made based on the Comparison and contrast
relationships that have developed throughout the trial.