Grammar and Language Workbook

Unit 14, Composition 327

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Composition

Lesson 112

Building Paragraphs III

In compare/contrast order, present details about two subjects by describing their

similarities and differences. This can be done in two ways. You can discuss all

the details about one subject and then about the other subject:

Fifi is a small black poodle. She has very short, curly hair. She is very quiet

and stays away from people. She loves to be lazy and lie outside in the sun.

Rex is a large brown and white collie. He has long, thick fur. He is very friendly

and barks loudly. He loves to play fetch with a stick in the backyard.

Or you can do comparisons detail-by-detail, writing about both subjects at the

same time:

While Fifi is a small black poodle, Rex is a large brown and white collie. Fifi

has short curly hair and Rex has long thick fur. Fifi is very quiet and stays away

from people. Rex is very friendly and barks loudly. While Fifi loves to be lazy

and lie in the sun, Rex prefers to play fetch with a stick.

Exercise 1 Write the following details in paragraph form. Use compare/contrast order.

Bony fish are more common.

Fish can be divided into two groups: bony fish and cartilage fish.

Cartilage fish have skeletons made of cartilage.

The end of your nose is cartilage.

Bony fish have skeletons like human bones.

Both kinds of fish have fins and gills.

Only the teeth of cartilage fish are calcified like bones.

Fish can be divided into two groups: bony fish and cartilage fish. Bony fish are more common. They

have skeletons like human bones. Cartilage fish, on the other hand, have skeletons made of cartilage,

like the end of your nose. Only the teeth of cartilage fish are calcified like bones. Both kinds of fish have

fins and gills.