{"id":2125,"date":"2016-09-28T18:54:38","date_gmt":"2016-09-28T18:54:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldsobright.org\/index.php\/2016\/09\/28\/writing-tip-8-compare-and-contrast\/"},"modified":"2023-05-30T18:06:06","modified_gmt":"2023-05-30T18:06:06","slug":"writing-tip-8-compare-and-contrast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldsobright.org\/2016\/09\/28\/writing-tip-8-compare-and-contrast\/","title":{"rendered":"Writing Tip: Compare and Contrast"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Here are two templates that might be helpful for expressing a comparison. Each are followed by examples for you to study.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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TRANSITION SMOOTHLY from subject A over to subject B.<\/strong><\/p>\n

SUBJECT A (comma)
\n+ ORGANIZATIONAL CUE (comma)
\n+ ATTRIBUTE
\n+ DETAIL<\/p>\n

Example A:
\nA good night sleep, in contrast, is fundamental to health and may ensure the ability to handle the day’s demands.<\/em><\/p>\n

Example B:
\nMy daughter, however, is able to juggle work, home, and a host of community roles including president of the Garden Club.<\/em><\/p>\n

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BEFORE AND AFTER<\/strong>
\n Admit that you once believed one way, but now believe another.<\/strong><\/p>\n

PAST Situation
\n+ Coordinating CONJUNCTION within the sentence or start a new one
\n+ special DETAIL that shows the process
\n+ PRESENT Situation<\/p>\n

Example A:
\nWhen I was a young girl I thought only of myself, but, when I grew up and had children of my own, I gave up my selfish ways.<\/em><\/p>\n

Example B:
\nIn most of my relationships, long periods of silence were uncomfortable for me, however, after being a language learner myself, I’ve discovered that silence can communicate comfort or companionship.<\/em><\/p>\n

Example C:
\nI used to think that people with tattoos were wasting their money. However, after many encounters with the stories behind the tattoos, I now understand the human body can be a rich canvas for expressing personal history.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

TRANSITION SMOOTHLY from subject A over to subject B. SUBJECT A (comma) + ORGANIZATIONAL CUE (comma) + ATTRIBUTE + DETAIL Example A: A good night sleep, in contrast, is fundamental to health and may ensure the ability to handle the day’s demands. Example B: My daughter, however, is able to juggle work, home, and a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2062,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[115,116,117],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldsobright.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2125"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldsobright.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldsobright.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldsobright.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldsobright.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2125"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/worldsobright.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2125\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2774,"href":"https:\/\/worldsobright.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2125\/revisions\/2774"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldsobright.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2062"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldsobright.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2125"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldsobright.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2125"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldsobright.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2125"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}