杨剑英《英语写作教程（第二册）（第二版）》Unit 5 Exposition (3)-Compare and Contrast.pptxVIP

Unit 5 Exposition (3)-Compare and Contrast单击输入您的封面副标题 Contents5.0 Introduction5.1 What is compare and contrast?5.2 How to Formulate an effective thesis statement5.3 How to organize your comare and contrast essays5.3.1 Point-by-point method5.3.2 Subject-by-subject method5.3.3 Transition devices 5.0 IntroductionA conversation between Ross and his friends in the drama Friends episode “The One with the List”: Chandler: OK, all right. Look, let’s get logical about this, OK? We’ll make a list. Rachel andJulie, pros and cons. Oh. We’ll put their names in bold, with different fonts, and I can use different colors for each column. … Joey: OK, let’s start with the cons, coz [because] they’re morefun. All right, Rachel first. Ross: I don’t know. I mean, all right, I guess you can say she’s a little spoiled sometimes. Joey: You could say that. Ross: And I guess, you know, sometimes, she’s a little ditsy, you know. And we’ve seen her be a little too into her looks. Oh, andJulie and I, we have a lot in common coz we’re both paleontologists, but Rachel’s just a waitress Chandler: Waitress. Got it. You guys wanna [want to] play doom? Or we could keep doing this. What else? Ross: I don’t know. Joey: Oh, her ankles are a little chubby. Chandler: OK, let’s do Julie. What’s wrong with her? Ross: She’s not Rachel. As in the conversation, Ross and his friends have used compare and contrast to evaluate Rachel’s and Julie’s pros and cons. Rachel is “spoiled”, “ditsy”, “a little too into her looks” and has “chubby ankles” . Furthermore, she is just a waitress. Julie, on the other hand, has a lot in common with Ross as they are both paleontologists. Using compare and contrast, Ross is actually making a judgment that “Julie may be the one he should date” . 5.1 What is compare and contrast?We look for similarities when we compare two items and focus on differences when we contrast them. Compare and contrast can be used to fulfill different