Comparison and Contrast

Finding the similarities and differences is a common pattern for explorative texts.

Reading Jane Austen’s works diminished the quality of the students’ writing, while reading the works of the Brontë sisters increased the students’ vocabulary and creative use of punctuation.

In Town A, where academics and advanced education were encouraged, the young men’s warrior behavior disrupted the workings of society; in Town B, where the boys had been brought up to fill traditional male roles, the young men’s warrior behavior strengthened the workings of society.