What it means: To compare and contrast means to look for similarities and differences between the two sources. In order to do this, you need to look for "matching" or common issue in both the sources.
How do we identify similarities and differences?
There are a few steps we need to follow when comparing and contrasting two or more things.
Steps to comparing and contrasting
What factors are important to the purpose of comparison?
Eg. Source type, Provenance, Content, tone, purpose of sources
For each factor, what are the similarities or differences?
Example?
Source type : Is it a text, picture, memoir, newspaper article, cartoon
Content: What is the source all about
Tone: (optimistic/ Pessimistic, Supportive/against, formal/informal,neutral/bias, offensive,defensive,sad/happy
Sensationalizing/downplaying
Purpose: IMPACT of source on the readers/audience
What conclusion can you draw that is significant to the purpose of comparison?
There are two main types of comparison questions
Question type 1
1.) Questions that requires you to point out either the similarities OR differences between the sources
Instruction words
- In what ways are they different/similar
- How do they differ?
- How are they similar?
- Contrast..........
2) Questions that require you to point out the similarities AND differences
- How different?
- How similar?
- Compare.......
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