1、单击此处编辑母版标题样式,单击此处编辑母版文本样式,第二级,第三级,第四级,第五级,单击此处编辑母版标题样式,单击此处编辑母版文本样式,第二级,第三级,第四级,第五级,Comparison and Contrast,第1页,Lecture Focus,Definitions of Comparison and Contrast,Basic Features,Select your topics,Set your purpose,Organize your ideas,Develop cohesion&style,Steps to Writing:,Brainstorming,Drafting,
2、Revising,Suggested Activities/Homework,第2页,What You Should Know,Comparison-contrast is a mon method of development that involves focusing on similarities and differences-or more likely on one or the other-in order to make a point.,When a writer is paring,he is pointing out the similarities that exis
3、t between subjects or items(such as persons,things,or ideas).,When a writer is contrasting,he is pointing out the differences between subjects or items,even the two different aspects of the same subject(e.g.,the advantages vs.the disadvantages of a personal puter).,第3页,Select your topics,Activity:Ex
4、amine the following groups of topics.Please pick out the groups that you think are appropriate for discussing similarities and differences,and explain why you think they are appropriate for parison/contrast.,buying a car vs.leasing a car,oranges and bananas,Shakespeare and Lu Xun,a musician and an a
5、rchitect,male and female attitudes about marriage,第4页,Activity,Broad Categories,Narrowed-down Topics,two books,two authors,two TV programs,two restaurants,two athletes,第5页,Set Your Purpose,Informative parisons:to explain differences between subjects.This type of writing generally does not re mend on
6、e item as being better than the others.,Persuasive parisons:to persuade readers that one subject is superior to others.,第6页,Organize your ideas,subject-by-subject,point-by-point,第7页,Subject-by-subject organization,Subject A:,Point 1,Point 2,Point 3,Point 4,Subject B:,Point 1,Point 2,Point 3,Point 4,
7、第8页,Example,Professor Yang:,classroom instruction,homework,exam,grading,Professor Wu:,classroom instruction,homework,exam,grading,第9页,Point-by-point organization,Point 1:,Subject A,Subject B,Point 2:,Subject A,Subject B,Point 3:,Subject A,Subject B,Point 4:,Subject A,Subject B,第10页,Example,Classroom
8、 instruction Professor Yang,Professor Wu,Homework Professor Yang,Professor Wu,Exam Professor Yang,Professor Wu,Grading Professor Yang,Professor Wu,第11页,Steps to Writing,第12页,Activity 1:Group Discussion,Please work with your fellow students to find out everything that you know about KFC and McDonalds
9、You may use the following chart to help you find out the useful information.,Step 1:Brainstorming,第13页,KFC,McDonalds,Location,Food,Price,Service,Coupons,Dinning Environment,第14页,Other suggested topics,Dalian Department Store vs.MACAL(Victory Plaza),Hymall vs.Walmart(or Carrefour),Two big hotels yo
10、uve worked for,第15页,Activity 2:Discuss with your classmates on the chart above.Choose the ideas that seem to pair off.Eliminate those that dont pair off well and seem irrelevant to our parison.You may develop a better-organized chart this time.,KFC,McDonald,s,Location,Food,Price,Service,Coupons,Dinn
11、ing Environment,第16页,Step 2:Drafting,1.Developing a Topic Sentence,Activity 1:,Please write a topic sentence for a paragraph which contrasts KFC and McDonalds.,_,Activity 2:,Look at your topic sentence once again.Does it generalize the central idea in your writing?Is it a point of view,rather than a
12、 simple and plain fact?Is your topic sentence sharp and clearly focused?Revise your topic sentence.,_.,第17页,2.Organizing your paragraph,Activity 1:,Please choose a developing pattern to organize your ideas.Work out your outline in the following blanks.,第18页,Subject by Subject Pattern,T.S.:_,Subject
13、1:_,Sub-topic 1:_,Sub-topic 2:_,Sub-topic 3:_,Subject 2:_,Sub-topic 1:_,Sub-topic 2:_,Sub-topic 3:_,第19页,Point by Point Pattern,T.S.:_,Point 1:_,Subject a:_,Subject b:_,Point 2:_,Subject a:_,Subject b:_,Point 3:_,Subject a:_,Subject b:_,第20页,Develop cohesion&style,Activity:,Do you know other transit
14、ional words or expressions for parison and contrast?Make a list of them.,第21页,Short Conjunctions,Longer Expressions,Similarly,Likewise,.the same.,.the same as.,.also.,too.,both,In the same way,X is similar to Y in that(they).,X and Y are similar in that(they).,Like X,Y verb.,In like manner,One way i
15、n which X is similar to Y is(that).,Another way in which X is similar to Y is(that).,Similarities:,第22页,Differences:,Short Conjunctions,Subordinating Conjunctions,However,In contrast,By contrast,.,but,.,yet,On the other hand,even though+sentence,although+sentence,whereas+sentence,unlike+sentence,whi
16、le+sentence,nevertheless,第23页,Assignment,Students in Dawai&Students in DUT,Liberal arts students vs.science students,Chinese teachers vs.foreign teachers,Two tourist places I have been to,My public image vs.my true self,Living in Dalian vs.living in my hometown,Working for a large pany vs.running ones business,Growing up in a big&Growing up in a small town/village,第24页,






