Expressing Comparison and Contrast PDF
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Almudena Ros GarciaExpressing Comparison and Contrast PDF
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Almudena Ros GarciaExpressing comparison and
contrast
What’s the difference?
• Compare and contrast Frye’s and Bartky’s
accounts of oppression.
• Compare WWI to WWII, identifying
similarities in the causes, development, and
outcomes of the wars.
• Contrast Wordsworth and Coleridge; what are
the major differences in their poetry?
What’s the difference?
• Compare and contrast Frye’s and Bartky’s
accounts of oppression. both
• Compare WWI to WWII, identifying
similarities in the causes, development, and
outcomes of the wars. similarities
• Contrast Wordsworth and Coleridge; what are
the major differences in their poetry?
differences
COMPARISON
• We use the comparative and superlative
• The following words or short phrases compare
two items or ideas:
• like
• likewise
• same as
• as well as
• also, too
• likewise
CONTRAST
• We can use different words and phrases to
highlight a contrast between two parts of a
sentence. Some of these words and phrases
are:
although, even though, despite, in spite
of, however and but.
Although / Even though
• These conjunctions are used at the beginning of a clause.
They introduce a contrast between two ideas, sentences or
clauses.
• They have similar meanings and are used in the same
way. Even though highlights the contrast more strongly
than although.
Even though I did well at the interview I didn’t get the job.
Although I did well at the interview I didn’t get the job.
• Take note: Though and although
Though is a shortened form of although. Notice though that although we say even
though, we don’t say even although.
In spite of / Despite
• These are prepositions and are followed by
nouns or noun phrases. They can’t be
followed directly by a verb phrase. If a verb is
used it must be changed to the noun form
(gerund).
Despite doing well at the interview I didn’t get
the job.
In spite of doing well at the interview I didn’t get
the job.
In spite of / Despite
• A verb phrase can be used with these
expressions by adding the fact after the
preposition.
Despite the fact I did well at the interview I
didn’t get the job.
In spite of the fact I did well at the interview I
didn’t get the job.
However
• However is an adverb. It comes after the part
of the sentence that is being contrasted. It can
go in different parts of the clause.
I did well at the interview. However, I didn’t get
the job.
I did well at the interview; I didn’t, however, get
the job.
I did well at the interview; I didn’t get the
job, however.
But
• This is a conjunction that links two parts of a
sentence together. It goes before the clause
that has the contrast.
I did well at the interview but I didn’t get the job.
Other phrases
The following words or short phrases contrast
two items or ideas:
• unlike
• in contrast to
• as opposed to
• different from
• whereas
