21/2/2020 - Comparing and Contrasting

• Engels
• WO
• Studiejaar 1

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Comparing and Contrasting

Today

Friday, 20 August 2020
Goals

• Compare and contrast
• Transition/linking words
• Organize compare/contrast paragraphs
• Write about advantages and disadvantages

To start

• What's the difference between a comparison and a contrast

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• Big, Hot, Fast, Hard
• Bigger than, Hotter than, Faster than, Harder than

• Boring, Expensive, Famous
• More boring than, More expensive than, More famous than

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• Big, Hot, Fast, Hard
• Biggest, Hottest, Fastest, Hardest

• Boring, Expensive, Famous
• Most boring, Most expensive, Most famous

Comparing

Add 3 more words
ex. big, bigger, biggest

Comparative structures

Contrastive structures

Get to work

• exercise 3 and 4

• Finished?
• Start on exercise 5

Block organization

Point by point organization

Get to work

• exercise 6

• Finished?
• Start on exercise 8 and 9

Advantage / Positive

Disadvantage / Negative

Get to work

• exercise 14

Written assignment 3

Due: March 6, 16:00

Please read the instructions carefully before you begin to write.

Write two paragraphs comparing two things (pick one of the topics below). Please make sure you use the transitional phrases that show it is a comparison. Underline the topic sentences in your text!

1. Compare two cities with each other.
2. Compare two countries with each other.
3. Compare two cultures with each other.

Finish

What did we learn today?

• Compare and contrast
• Transition/linking words
• Organize compare/contrast paragraphs
• Write about advantages and disadvantages

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