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Comparison and Contrast
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COMPARISON AND CONTRAST
EXERCISE 1 Combine each of the following pairs of sentences with a word signaling similarity or
difference provided already in the parenthesis. (5 points)
Example: A. In the United States a religious leader, public official, or judge performs a marriage. B. In
Thailand the marriage is registered at the District office, (difference)
Answer:
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Although in the United States a religious leader, a public official, or judge performs a
marriage, in Thailand the marriage is registered at the District office.
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A. London is a large city whose streets zigzag, snake, and circle without a numbering system.
B. New York and Chicago just spread out, pushed by the demands for residential, business, or
industrial space. (Choose one marker from similarity focus)
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A. The United States boycotted the 1980's Olympics.
B. The USSR, did not send their athletes to the 1984's Olympics.
(Choose one marker from similarity focus)
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A. When you live in another country, you should try to learn the language of that country.
B. When other people visit your country, they should try to speak your language.
(Choose one marker from similarity focus)
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A. Going to Mars you would climb against the Sun's pull; returning, you would be helped along
by it.
B. Going to Venus you would fall with the Sun's pull; returning, you would move against it.
(Choose one marker from difference focus)
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A. The truck strike in France protested a new driving license system, aimed at punishing
dangerous driving more harshly.
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B. The truckers in India staged a countrywide strike demanding abolition of an excess of
interstate taxes. (Choose one marker from similarity focus)
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EXERCISE
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Read the following paragraph carefully. Write the comparative form of each adjective in
parentheses.
Life was much (hard)___________for American women in 1880 than it is now. In the
(early)__________ period, there were (few) __________ of the household appliances such as
vacuum cleaners and refrigerators that make life (easy)__________to day. The (new) _______and
(rich) ___________ houses of the 1880's had indoor plumbing, but the (old) __________and
(poor)____________homes did hot. Some things were (cheap)___________100 years ago, but men
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earned much (low)___________salaries, and married women usually did not go out to work to earn
extra money. In the 1880's, housewives were usually (busy)__________than they are today because
families were (large)___________. Today modem women have (few)__________children and
(good)__________medical care than women had 100 years ago. Modern women are
(healthy)_________than their great-grandmothers were, and modem women live (long)_________
lives. Modem women have (wide)___________opportunities for education and careers than their
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great-grandmothers had. Do you think modem women are (happy) ___________than women were.
100 years ago?
EXERCISE. 3
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Choose the appropriate connector from the list below to fill in the space in the paragraph.
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Emily Dickinson and Fay Chiang are different kinds of American poets. Dickinson lived
(1)________wrote 100 years ago. (2)__________________ Fay Chiang is a modern poet, alive and
writing today.
Dickinson was a shy, solitary person. (3)_____________she was writing, she almost
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never left her house.
Fay Chiang, (4)____________is an activist who works in an Asian-American
artists' community in New York's Chinatown. Chiang (5)__________works with writers of other
minority groups.
(6)_______________. Dickinson and Chiang are very different kinds of American
women, they both express similarly powerful emotions through their poems.
(1) but/and/then
(3) Leave blank/But/While
(5) Leave blank/on the other hand/also
(2)
Also/In contrast/While
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and/however/in addition
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When/Although/And
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EXERCISE. 4
After reading the passages, use the Venn diagram to compare /
contrast and answer the questions
French and American business managers have decidedly different management styles. French
meetings, for example, are long and rambling1 and rarely end on time. Furthermore, meetings often
end without closure.2 Americans, on the other hand, make an effort to start and stop a meeting on time,
and American business meetings typically end with decisions-and action plans. Another difference
involves documentation. Americans adore documentation; they have a procedure manual for
everything. The French, in contrast, think this is childish. French managers find it difficult to stick to a
schedule, but American managers are intolerant of delays. In addition, the French prefer to work alone,
whereas Americans like to work in teams. Another major difference in management style is that in
French companies, authority comes from the top; French managers do not share information with
subordinates and make decisions with little participation by employees beneath them. In American
companies, however, top managers share information and frequently solicit3 input from subordinates.
1. What should be the title?
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2. What two things are being compared / contrasted?
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3. What points are being compared / contrasted?
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