TAILIEUCHUNG - Reading comprehension success part 9

Tham khảo tài liệu 'reading comprehension success part 9', ngoại ngữ, kỹ năng đọc tiếng anh phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | LESSON Similarities and Differences Compare and Contrast LESSON SUMMARY This lesson explores another organizational pattern writers often use to structure their writing comparison and contrast. We spend a good deal of our lives comparing and contrasting things. Whenever we want to explain something for example we often use comparison showing how two or more things are similar . We might say for example that mint chocolate chip ice cream tastes just like a York Peppermint Pattie or that the new manager looks just like Clint Eastwood. When we want to show how things are different or not alike we contrast them. We might say that York Peppermint Patties are mintier than any mint chocolate chip ice cream or that the new manager may look like Eastwood but he doesn t have Eastwood s dimple. 67 SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES COMPARE AND CONTRAST How Comparison and Contrast Work When writers compare and contrast they provide a way of classifying or judging the items they are discussing. They show how two or more things are similar or different when placed side by side. Consider for example the following paragraph. Read it carefully and then answer the questions that follow. Planting a garden is a lot like having a family. Both require a great deal of work especially as they grow and as the seasons change. As summer days lengthen your plants become dependent on you for sustenance much like your children depend on you for food and drink. Like a thirsty child asking for a drink of water your plants do the same. Their bent wilted body language translated issues a demand much the way your child requests milk or juice. When their collective thirsts are quenched you see the way they both thrive in your care. The fussy child becomes satisfied and the plant reaches toward the sun in a showy display. You might also find that you have to clean the space around your plants much like you would pick up toys and clothes that have been thrown helter-skelter in your toddler s room. Similarly

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