Writing Academic English 4th Edition

QRACTICE 3

UsingContrast
SignalWords

Chapter'1 I Comparison/ContrastEssays 121

A. Add contrastsignalwordstoconnectthefollowingitems.Theitemscontain

bothcompletesentencesandshortphrases.Youshouldwriteonecomplete

newsentenceforeachitem,andusea differentcontrastsignalineach.

Thefirstonehasbeendoneforyouasanexample.

1. ThegovernmentoftheUnitedStates/thegovernmentofGreatBritain!
   dissimilarinseveralaspects
   ThegovernmentsoftheUnitedstatesandGreatBritainaredissimilarin
   severalaspects.
   2.ThechiefexecutiveinGreatBritainis calledtheprimeminister.Thechief
   executiveintheUnitedStatesiscalledthepresident.


2. IntheUnitedStates,thepresidentfulfillsthefunctionsofbothpolitical
   leaderandheadofstate.ThesetwofunctionsareseparateinGreatBritain.


3. Inotherwords,GreatBritainhasbotha monarchanda primeminister.The
   UnitedStateshasonlya president.


4. ThepresidentoftheUnitedStatesmaybeofa differentpoliticalpartythan
   themajorityofCongress.TheBritishprimeministeris theheadofthe
   politicalpartythathasthemostseatsinParliament.


5. TheUnitedStateshasa writtenconstitution.GreatBritainhasnowritten
   constitution.

7.IntheUnitedStates,electionsareheldona regularschedule,nomatter

howpopularorunpopularthegovernmentis.InGreatBritain,electionsare

heldwhenevertheprimeministerlosesa voteofconfidence.

8. ThemembersoftheU.s.Senateareelected.ThemembersoftheBritish
   HouseofLordsareappointedorinherittheirpositions.


9. Asyoucansee,thetwosystemsofgovernmentdifferinseveralmajor
   aspects.Theyarebothdemocracies.