AP Lang and Comp
Ms. Bugasch
March 24, 2014
Goals
1. AP Term Practice
2. To introduce the rhetorical
mode: Compare and Contrast
3. To practice Compare and
Contrast
FFW
• Take out homework: Chart; Collect rewrites
• In your notebook, answer the following
questions:
1. What is the difference between explaining
and evaluating within the rhetorical mode
of compare/contrast?
2. What are the two ways to organize a
comparison?
3. List words you typically use while writing a
compare/contrast essay.
- Discuss
Homework Review
• Take out Pepsi/Coke Similarities
and Differences Charts
• Brainstorm similarities and
differences on board
• Discussion: Is there a better
choice? Why or why not?
• Discussion: If you were to write an
essay based on this topic what
would your controlling idea be?
INDICATOR WORDS
o You will need transitions in compare/contrast articles. These
transitions should be INDICATOR words which signal your
reading audience that you are writing about similarities
and differences:
• CONTRAST: but, yet, however, nevertheless, on
the other hand, but, yet, however, nevertheless, on
the
• contrary, contrary to, unlike, the opposite of,
• although, despite, even though, instead, still,
• whereas, on the one hand, on the other hand
• SIMILARITY INDICATORS: the same as, too, also,
likewise, in the same manner, similarly, just as, in the same way
Compare/Contrast
Practice
• Read the following essay: Mark
Twain’s “Two Ways of Seeing a
River”
• Essential Question: What is being
compared and contrasted?
• Identify SOAPSTone
• Annotate similarities, differences,
indicator words, ethos, logos, pathos
o Discuss
Closure
• Exit Pass: Put yourself in
Mark Twain’s shoes. Was
there ever something in
your life that you once
thought was so beautiful
but it turned out to hurt
you in the end?
Homework
• 1. Answer MC questions on Mark
Twain’s passage