Writing Academic English 4th Edition

122 Partn IWritinganEssay

B. Writefivesentencesofyourown,contrastingtwothingswithwhichyouare

familiar.Usea differentcontrastsignalineachsentence.

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Thesearetheimportantpointscoveredinthischapter.

1. Comparison/contrastisa commonpatternforwritingaboutsimilaritiesand
   differences.Itisusedinallacademicfields.
   2.Therearetwocommonwaystoorganizea comparison/contrastessay.
   
   
   • Inpoint-by-pointorganization,youdiscusseachsimilarityandeach
     differenceinsomeotherorder-usuallyorderoftheirimportance-
     withoutgroupingthemintoblocks.Inthistypeoforganization,youmay
     discussa similarityandthena difference,andthena similarityandthen
     a difference.
   
   
   • Inblockorganization,youfirstdiscussallthesimilaritiesina blockand
     thenallthedifferencesinanotherblock.(Youmay,ofcourse,beginwith
     theblockofdifferences.)
   
   
   
   


2. Usecomparisonandcontrastsignalwordstohelpyourreaderunderstand
   yourpointsofcomparisonandcontrast.