Characteristics
Structure
About the presentation
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How many topics can be discussed in this type of paragraph?
a. 1
b. 2 or more
c. only 2
b. 2 or more
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What is the name of the following diagram?
Venn diagram
* It helps organizing and illustrating the relationships between the topics in the paragraph.
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The example paragraph we previously explained:
a. Disney movies
b. Harry Potter and Draco Malfoy
c. Marvel
Harry Potter and Draco Malfoy
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These are comparison connectors, except:
a. Similarly c. Because
b. Equally d. In the same way
c. Because
* It is a subordinating conjunction
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What is the part of the paragraph that identifies the topics and the intention to compare and contrast?
a. concluding sentence
b. supporting details
c. topic sentence
c. topic sentence
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Because we are generous (and we need to finish this on time), your team just won the 200 pts :)
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If there are: more similarities between the topics
We need to concentrate the paragraph's information on:
a. comparing c. the balance
b. contrasting
a. comparing
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"on the other hand" is an example of:
a. subordinating conjunction
b. prepositional phrase
c. connector of comparison
c. connector of comparison
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What type of paragraph did we explained?
Comparison/contrast paragraph
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If there are: more differences between the topics
We need to concentrate the paragraph's information on:
a. comparing c. the balance
b. contrasting
b. contrasting
* We also need to concentrate in the contrast, if the differences are more evident.
400
Because we are generous (and we need to finish this on time), your team just won the 400 pts :)
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Did we define the comparison/contrast paragraph as:
paragraph that should be tightly focused on a meaningful difference or similarity between two or more things, people, places or ideas.
- TRUE - FALSE
- TRUE
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These options explain the ways in which this type of paragraph can help in your pieces of writing, except:
a. highlight important details.
b. to identify comma-splices.
c. making abstract ideas more concrete.
d. reduce confusion between the related concepts.
b. to identify comma-splices.
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What is the part of the paragraph that describes and compares the features of the chosen topics. Identifies similarities and/or differences?
a. concluding sentence
b. supporting details
c. topic sentence
b. supporting details
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Was this presentation useful to understand the topic?
a. definitely yes
b. no, you don't know how to explain
a. definitely yes
(Thank you, even though you were thinking about responding option b.)