Compare and Contrast

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Степанова Ольга Леонидовна

Basic Strategies

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1. Describe what you can see and what is happening on the picture.

2. Say where it’s

happening.

3. Use Present Continuous

Tense.

4. Use adjectives.5. How does the photo make you feel?

Step 2: Comparing and Contrasting Photos Use the vocabulary of similarities and differences

Step 3: Speculate about the Photos

What language do we use?Use may/ might/ could/ must/ can’t be… He seems to / appears to

Step 4: React to the SituationGive your reaction.

What language do we use?

I’d love / hate to do that!It looks great/ dangerous/ awful!It makes me want to try/go there.It doesn’t suit me!

Helper Words

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Comparison wordsContrast WordsUse it to make a good compare & contrast paragraph:

Topic Sentence Pattern for Comparison PatternThere are striking similarities

between… and … .

Although … and … seem quite

different, they have many points in

common.

… and … are very similar/alike in

many ways.

Topic Sentence Pattern for Contrast Paragraph Although … and… are both…,

they are different in many ways.

While… and … are both…, they are different in many ways.

There are many differences between … and…, they seem quite similar.

Find the Similarities

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Find the Differences

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