11. Similarities In what ways are Sources A and B are similar? Differences In what ways are Sources A and B different? BOTH similarities AND differences How similar are sources A and B? How different are sources A and B? To what extent are sources A and B similar? To what extent are source A and B different? Required answers Question types
12. How to answer Compare and Contrast questions? L1 (state that sources are similar) L2 (given your basis of comparison L3 (your evidences) Sources A and B are similar. Both agree about __________________. (Basis of comparison) Source A states that “(evidence)”. Source B states that “(evidence)”. Para 1: Similarities
13. How to answer Compare and Contrast questions? L1 (state that sources are similar) L2 (given your basis of comparison L3 (your evidences) Sources A and B are different. Both disagree about ______________________. (Basis of comparison) Source A states that “(evidence)”. However, Source B states that “(evidence)”. Para 2: Differences
19. I went into a three-storey shophouse. We counted 200 tenants living there. It was so dark and damp. Underneath the staircase was a single plank. A man was lying on the plank covered with a blanket. I paused to ask him if he was sick. “Why are you covering yourself with a thick blanket?” He replied, “I am covering myself out of respect for you. I am wearing only undershorts. My brother is wearing my pants.” Over half of the residents lived in cubicles with an average size of about 9 square metres; a high proportion of these cubicles had no windows; sanitary conditions were unbearable and the buildings badly run down. Source B: Lim Kan San, first Chairman of the Housing Development Board, shares about his experience entering a crowded shophouse. Source A: A historian describes the housing situation in Singapore in the 1960s.
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Similar : Ball game Diff : Rules of games
Comparing grades, or race. Must have a starting point right?
Sim : public transport, diff : mode of transport (bus vs train)
