Unit 5 Comparison and Contrast

Unit5ComparisonandContrastContent•I.Warming-upActivities•II.Pre-writing•III.ClassroomDiscussion&SampleAnalysis•IV.WritingPrinciples•V.After-classWritingPracticeI.Warming-upActivities•Activity1•Wouldyoupleaseidentifythedifferencesbetweenthepictures?1.1Similarityvs.Difference•Incomparison,welookforpointsofsimilaritybetweentwosubjects;•whileIncontrast,welookforpointsofdifference.I.Warming-upActivities•Activity2•Inourdailylife,weoftenanalyzethesimilaritiesanddifferencesbetweentwosubjectsinordertounderstandthembetter.Workingroupsandtrytolistthesimilaritiesanddifferencesofthefollowingsubject.I.Warming-upActivities•On-lineshoppingandtraditionalshoppingI.Warming-upActivities•Activity3•Pleaselistentotwotypesofmusicanddiscusswithyourpartnersabouttheirsimilaritiesanddifferences.•SongNo.1Beforethemorning•SongNo.2TearsinheavenJoshWilson-BeforeTheMorning•DoyouwonderwhyyouhavetoFeelthethingsthathurtyouIfthere’saGodwholovesyou,whereisHenowMaybetherearethingsyoucan’tseeAndallthosethingsarehappeningTobringabetterendingSomeday,somehowyou’llsee,you’llseeWouldyoudare,wouldyoudaretobelieveThatyoustillhaveareasontosingCausethepainthatyou’vebeenfeelingItcan’tcomparetothejoythat’scomingSoholdon,yougottawaitforthelightPressonandjustfightthegoodfightCausethepainthatyou’vebeenfeelingIt’sjustthedarkbeforethemorning•Myfriend,youknowhowthisallendsYouknowwhereyou’regoingYoujustdon’tknowhowyou’llgetthereSosayaprayer•Andholdon,causethere’sgoodforthosewholoveGodButlifeisnotasnapshotItmighttakealittletimebutyou’llseethebiggerpictureOnceyoufeeltheweightofgloryAllyourpainwillfadetomemoryIt’sjustthehurtbeforethehealingOh,thepainthatyou’vebeenfeelingIt’sjustthedarkbeforethemorningEricClapton-TearsInHeaven•WouldyouknowmynameIfIsawyouinheavenWoulditbethesameIfIsawyouinheavenImustbestrongandcarryonCauseIknowIdon'tbelonghereinheavenWouldyouholdmyhandIfIsawyouinheavenWouldyouhelpmestandIfIsawyouinheavenI‘llfindmywaythroughnightanddayCauseIknowIjustcan'tstayhereinheaven•TimecanbringyoudownTimecanbendyourkneesTimecanbreakyourheartHaveyoubeggingplease,beggingplease•Beyondthedoorthere‘speaceI’msure•AndIknowthere'llbenomoretearsinheavenI.Warming-upActivities•Nowreadthroughthefollowingessayandanswerthequestionsgivenattheendoftheessay.TheGospelMusicandtheBlues•HaveyouevergoneoutonSaturdaynighttohearsomeonesingtheblues?HaveyouevergonetoaBaptistchurchthenextmorningandheardajoyfulgospelsong?Youmaythinkthetwomusicalexpressionshavenothingincommon,butifyoulistencloselyandstudytheirhistories,youwillfindsomesurprisingsimilarities.•Whenyoufirstheargospelmusicandtheblues,youcan’thelpnoticinghowdifferenttheyareinmoodandinthestoriestheytell.Bluessongsaresad,fullofheartbreakanddisappointment.Theytalkabouteverydayproblemslikelosingajoboragirlfriend(orboyfriend),likehavingnomoneyornofriends.Gospelsongs,ontheotherhand,arethehappiestsongsyou’lleverhear,fullofjoyandhope.Unliketheblues,gospelsongstellaboutthepoweroffaithintunessocatchy,theymakeyouwanttogetupanddance.•Bothkindsofmusic,however,haveAfricanrootsandsimilarAfricanmusicalforms.Forexample,bluesisknownforits“blue”or“bent”notes,notesthatexistsomewhereinbetweentheformalnotesofthedo-re-miscale.Gospelmusicalsohasbentnotes.TheothercharacteristicofAfricanmusictheybothhaveisacall-and-responsepattern.Ingospelmusic,thepreachercallsoutalineandthecongregationanswers.Inthesameway,abluessingerintonesaline,andaninstrumentechoesoranswershimorher.TheGospelMusicandtheBlues•Bothbluesandgospelmusichelpedcreatewhatweknowasrockmusictoday.Inthe1940s,blackmusiciansintheSouthandinnortherncitieslikeChicago,whereblackAmericanshadmigratedinlargenumbers,startedplayinganewtypeofbluesthatwasfasterandhadaheavierbeat.Thestylewascalled“rhythmandblues”.Later,blackartistslikeRayCharlesandJamesBrownaddedgospelharmoniesandpianoriffstotherhythm-and-bluesmix.Thisnewsoundfoundawiderandwideraudienceandcametobecalled“rockandroll”.•Soyousee,eventhoughgospelandbluessongshavedifferentmoodsandtelldifferentkindsofstories,theirrootsandmusicalcharacteristicsareverysimilar.Bothhavehadabiginfluenceontoday’spopmusic.Theyareliketwodifferentsidesofthesamecoin.ManyimportantblackmusiciansgrewupsingingthebluesonSaturdaynightandgospelsongsonSundaymorning,andthequalitiesofbothkindsofmusiccometogetherintheirmusicalstyles.TheGospelMusicandtheBlues•Questions:•1.Whatisthethesisstatementofthisessay?•2.Whatarediscussedintheessay,thesimilaritiesorthedifferencesbetweenthegospelmusicandtheblues?Orboth?•3.Pointoutthetransition.•4.Whatisthepurposeofthelastparagraph?1.2ComparisonandContrast•Comparisonandcontrastisamethodusedbywriterstobringtogethertwosubjectsinordertoanalyzetheirsimilaritiesanddifferencesorhighlighttheessentialcharacteristicsofoneormoresubjects.1.3TypesofcomparisonandcontrastessaysTherearethreemajorwaysoforganizingparagraphsofcomparisonandcontrast.PatternsMethodsThesubject–by-subjectpattern(Allaboutpattern)toexamineonethingthoroughlyandthenstarttheotherExamplesThepoint-by-pointpattern(Seesawpattern)toexaminetwothingsatthesametime,discussingthempointbypointExamplesTheliken