Language for Comparing similarities and differences.pptx

Using language to compare and contrast two texts

1. Comparing Similarities and differences

2. They both like cheese, but Tom hates brie A comparison question aims to test your ability to consider the similarities and differences in the texts you are looking at. You must: use evidence from the text to support your points make it clear which text you are referring to.

3. Contrast - some useful phrases Text A feels this is a problem but Text B does not Text A states that… whereas Text B argues that In contrast , Text B… On the other hand , Text A…….. Text B states the opposite , believing…

4. Discourse markers (showing difference) Whereas However Although On the other hand Conversely

5. And where there is agreement Both texts agree that… Similarly , Text B agrees that… In addition , Text B agrees that… Text B also says that… Likewise Text B says that… They were both quite similar in their views

6. PEEL Point - eg : in text A the writer states that the weather is unreliable in Wales and very inconvenient Evidence - a quote : “ one moment I am drenched, the next, the wind blows me off my feet.” Explain - he believes t hat it is dreary, miserable and impossible to know what he should wear from one day to the next Link - here you can use a sequencing word/phrase. However, in Text B, the journalist states that this unpredictability is very much a part of the country’s charm and that it creates an awareness of nature in all its seasons. Furthermore she states: “there is no such thing as bad weather, just the wrong clothing.”