Week 3 - Project 7 - Natural Phenomena

 Week 3 - Project 7 - Natural Phenomena

1. Choose one of the previous topics studied at the beginning of the project ( Natural phenomena or differences between historical foundation of Ecuador and USA)

2. Use Simple present, simple past or future tenses 

3. Write at least 70 to 80 words as a minimum

Now is time to watch the video

Important Facts

How to use connectors and contrast and comparison word

Comparison, Contrast, and Compare and Contrast Words

1.      Comparison Words

 What are some ‘similarity transition words or transition words’ for explaining what two things have in common? Here are a few examples:

ü  In the same way

ü  In like manner

ü  Likewise

ü  Similarly

ü  By the same token

Hence, for example, if you were describing the likeness between the speeds of two different subspecies of lions, you could word it like so: ‘subspecies A can reach speeds up to 40 mph. Similarly, subspecies B can achieve a maximum of 35 mph.

 

2.      Contrast Words

Whatever would we do without transitions signifying contrast? There would be no way for us to articulate our polar, different and conflicting ideas and thereby debates could not exist. Hence, contrast words are very important to any essay.

Let’s take a look at some different ‘categories’ of these contrasting words:

ü  What are some ‘opposite’ transition words or phrases?

ü  In contrast

ü  Conversely

ü  At the other end of the spectrum

What are some ‘difference’ transition words or phrases?

ü  Dissimilarly

ü  A clear difference

What are some ‘conflict’ transition words or phrases?

ü  However

ü  Nevertheless

ü  On the one hand

ü  On the other hand

 

3.      Universal Compare And Contrast Words

Not everything is black and white in terms of which words fit into which category of transition words. There are, in fact, grey areas where words can be used to both compare and contrast depending on the context. Let’s take a look at these grey areas.

Signal words for compare and contrast – what are they?

These are general words that fall under both contrast and comparative phrases. For example:

ü  At the same time

ü  On the other hand

ü  On the same token

ü  While

What are summary transition words and phrases?

These are words that can be both contrast and comparative terms, that can help tie many points together during a wrap-up. These include:

ü  All things considered

ü  To summarize

ü  In short

ü  To sum up

ü  All in all

Print the following chart to complete the Comparative essay

 

NOUNS	ADJECTIVES	VERBS	ACTION VERBS	CONTRAST	SIMILARITIES
earthquake tsunami hurricane tornado     rainy rainbow fog stream waves blizzard snow   countries country cities towns center consequences result endanger extinction destruction	dangerous uncontrolled destructive beautiful awesome awful populate unpopulated like unlike high low strong	are is cause happen occur do     does destroy affect	drive walk fall live run	Although Different from However In contrast Instead of Less than More than But not On the contrary On the other hand Unless while	Alike As well as Compared with Either … or Likewise Not only…. but also Resemble Similar as Similarly,

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