Starter quiz
- Inferences should be based on ______ and reason.
- evidence ✓
- emotion
- fact
- guesswork
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- What is being described here: 'a sentence that expresses the main idea of the paragraph in which it occurs'?
- topic sentence ✓
- complex sentence
- compound sentence
- short sentence
- exclamative sentence
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- Which of the following is an effective topic sentence?
- Jamrach's article is about a tiger who escapes.
- The tone of Jamrach's article implies he doesn't care about animal welfare. ✓
- The use of "iron bars" implies that Jamrach doesn't care about animal welfare.
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- 'A consideration or evaluation of the similarities or differences between two things or people' is the definition of which word beginning with 'c'?
- 'comparison' ✓
- Which of the following comparative conjunctions would you use to show a similarity between ideas?
- likewise ✓
- whereas
- similarly ✓
- on the other hand
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- 'Made up of two or more words working together as a pair, to link two similar items' is the definition of a ______ conjunction.
- comparative
- subordinate
- correlative ✓
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Exit quiz
- A topic sentence that gives either a similarity or a difference between two texts is called a ______ topic sentence.
- 'comparative' ✓
- 'Words or phrases that compare ideas in a sentence and to show similarities and differences' is the definition of ______ conjunctions.
- 'comparative' ✓
- Rawlinson's 'Gorilla recaptured after escape at London zoo' was written in 2016 in comparison to Jamrach's article in 1879 - which of the following might the time difference imply?
- That Rawlinson's article will be less concerned about animal welfare.
- That Rawlinson's article will be equally concerned with animal welfare.
- That Rawlinson's article will be more concerned with animal welfare. ✓
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- Which of the following are similarities between Jamrach's 'My Struggle with a Tiger' and Rawlinson's 'Gorilla recaptured after escape at London zoo'?
- Neither animal was recaptured.
- Both animals were kept in captivity prior to their escape. ✓
- A member of the public was harmed in both accounts.
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- In Rawlinson's article 'Gorilla recaptured after escape at London zoo', the gorilla is recaptured through the use of which object beginning with 't'?
- 'tranquiliser' ✓
- In 'My Struggle with a Tiger', Jamrach's account of the tiger's den only references the "iron bars" - what inference can we make from this?
- Jamrach cares for the tiger's welfare.
- The lack of detail could imply there is no enrichment for the tiger. ✓
- That Jamrach primarily cares about keeping the tiger contained. ✓
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Key learning points
- A comparison is a consideration or evaluation of the similarities or differences between two things or people.
- It might be helpful to think of the writers as in conversation with one another when comparing texts.
- You should start a comparative paragraph with a comparative topic sentence.
- You should use discourse markers and comparative and correlative conjunctions to compare throughout the paragraph.
Common misconception
Comparative paragraphs should only focus on differences.
The most effective comparisons look for subtle differences within larger similarities.
Keywords
Topic sentence - a sentence that expresses the main idea of the paragraph in which it occurs
Inference - a conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning
Comparison - a consideration or evaluation of the similarities or differences between two things or people
Correlative conjunction - made up of two or more words working together as a pair, to link two similar items
Comparative conjunction - words or phrases that compare ideas in a sentence and to show similarities and differences
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