2. Objectives
••Be able to identify comparison and contrast paragraphs.
To
•Know how to differentiate one kind from the other.
3. What is a
COMPARISON paragraph?
A comparison paragraph is used to highlight similarities between things.
4. Example 1:
It's really hard to choose between the two applicants, Sebastian Slime and Mordecai
Rossi, because they have so much in common. First, they each have an MBA from
Harvard and performed equally well in their course work. Since finishing graduate school,
Sebastian has been able to use his personality to assume a responsible position in a
trade company. In the same way, Mordecai has been able to assume a responsible
position in a manufacturing company. Both seem to have performed well In those jobs.
What is most remarkable though, is that they have identical hobbies and are members of
the same clubs. They enjoy skiing, golf and bridge and have membership of the Snob
Valley Country Club and the Brown Nose Beach Bridge Association.
Example 2:
It’s really hard to choose between the two applicants, Sebastian Slime and Mordecai
Rossi, because they have so much in common. Sebastian Slime completed his MBA at
Harvard and performed well in his course work. Since finishing graduate school, he has
used his personality to assume a position of responsibility in a company and perform well
in that job. His hobbies include skiing, golf and bridge and he maintains membership of
the Snob Valley Country Club and the Brown Nose Bridge Club. Similarly, Mordecai Rossi
completed his MBA at Harvard and performed well in his course work. Since finishing
graduate school he has also used his personality to assume a position of responsibility in
a company and perform well in that job. Remarkably, he too enjoys skiing, golf and bridge
and maintains membership of the Snob Valley Country Club and the Brown Nose Beach
Bridge Club
5. What is a
CONTRAST paragraph?
A contrast paragraph is used to highlight differences between things.
6. Example 1:
There are many differences between my two brothers, Paul and Patrick. Paul is very
tall and muscular whereas Patrick is very short and thin. Paul likes energetic hobbies
like basketball, boxing and soccer unlike Patrick who prefers sedentary hobbies like
stamp collecting and chess. Paul really dislikes studying and does very poorly in
exams but Patrick loves study and is one of the brightest students in his class. Paul
wants to be famous for his sporting achievements in contrast to Patrick who wants to
be famous for his academic achievements.
Example 2:
There are many differences between my two brothers, Paul and Patrick. Paul is very
tall and muscular and enjoys active hobbies like basketball, boxing and soccer. He
dislikes studying and does poorly in exams. Paul`s ambition is to be famous for his
sporting achievements. Patrick, on the other hand, is very short and thin and enjoys
sedentary hobbies like stamp collecting and chess. He loves studying and is one of
the brightest students in his class. Patrick`s ambition is to be famous for academic
achievements.
7. Question:
What do you think makes the first example different from the
second?
8. 2 Ways of Organizing Ideas
• Block Arrangement
– In a block arrangement, the body paragraphs
are organised according to the objects. The
block arrangement discusses one of the
objects in the first body paragraph and the
other object in the second. All the ideas
provided in the first paragraph are also
provided in the second paragraph in the same
order.
9. • Point by Point
– In a point by point arrangement, the body
paragraphs are organised according to the
ideas. The point by point arrangement
discusses a particular point about the first
object and then immediately discusses the
same point about the second object.
10. Transitional Expressions
Comparison Contrast
in the same way although
as well as whereas
both but
each of however
just as conversely
similarly on the other hand
like in contrast
too while
the same yet
unlike
