Students'+ContrastComparison+Paragraphs

Oleksii Plaunov // E-ink and LCD displays // //There are two main types of displays which are usually used for electronic reading books, also known as e-readers. Those two types vary in their ability to display information for user. Both two types of displays are common among e-readers. Firstly, they differ in ways of energy usage.////Once got charged, e-ink-based reader will be charged for days and even might work for a pair of weeks without battery recharge. While LCD display will need to be recharged after some ours of reading. In addition, e-ink technology is comfortable for a reader while in low light conditions it is not suitable to read on. Nevertheless LCD reader is suitable for any light condition, it might not be comfortable to read it in low-light conditions because of the contrast-bright light in the dark. LCD displays are commonly used for multi-tasking devices such as tablets or PC, while e-ink technology is used only for comfortable reading in common light conditions.// //It sometimes has to be a tough choice for a reader which technology to use for a reading, but to sum all things up, e-reader is the thing user has to come up with the future ways to use is whether as a multi-functional but not fully optimized or one-functional, but optimized for a reading e-book to have.//

Korablina Vira

__ Honey and sugar __ Both honey and sugar are very popular among the people for their sweetness and. Firstly, they improve the taste of certain foods, which is the cause, why so many children and adults like adding them to tea or coffee, eating them in biscuits and candies. Secondly, they provide a rapid supply of energy to the body, which makes them extremely essential to our health. Unfortunately, sugar can be harmful for the female figure and honey either, although honey contains fewer calories than sugar (in 100gr of honey there are 330 calories, in 100gr of sugar – 390 calories). Sugar is alike honey, because both of them are widely used in cosmetology and confectionary, while making alcohol beverages. However they are so similar, there are some certain contrasts. Honey contains helpful microelements and vitamins, when sugar does not. Honey is said to be helpful to cure insomnia, nervousness and anemia. Nevertheless, honey can be allergic or even radioactive, when sugar cannot.

Kornilova Maryna, gr.11

Watching a movie or reading a book

Even though a movie and a book are different they have some similarities. First of all we should mention, that they can both describe a story. Besides, there is one more similarity, which follows from the previous one: both a movie and a book can represent actions, characters, their feelings and emotions. Thirdly, like movies, books are also created by people for people using imagination and personal experience even though not everyone can understand their style. However, they are different because of their form of expression: books content is expressed in text for sometimes provided wit illustrations, and movies contest is expressed using video that often contains sound, images and is untouchable.

I think the topic sentence of this paragraph is "Even though a movie and a book are different they have some similarities." It explains the further logic of delivery very good. The pattern of this paragraph is point-by-point.The points use to compare are about the contest, style, and form of expression. The part of the paragraph I liked best was about "However, they are different because of their form of expression: books content is expressed in text for sometimes provided wit illustrations, and movies contest is expressed using video that often contains sound, images and is untouchable." The comparison is a little confusing. I have questions about the structure. This paragraph should be camparison or contrast. And we can see both parts here. Anyhow, the paragraph is absolutely contrast and comparitive, all the rules of academic writing have been followed. //Artem Grygorian, group 11//
 * Peer Evaluation of Maryna's Kornilova Contrast & Comparison Paragraph**

**Coffee and Tea**

Even though tea contains Tannin and Catechin that have been associated with preventing cancer and heart diseases, and coffee does not have good effect on health, they both has good effect on activity of person. Coffee and tea has a long history. Both of them have different types of consumption. Coffee can be Espresso, Coffee with milk, Late etcetera. There are green tea, black tea, red tea, white tea, yellow tea. People get used to coffee more than for tea. Tea is similar to coffee by temperature of drinking. Coffee can be with milk and tea either. Nevertheless, coffee and tea are so similar, but the taste and substance are different.


 * Peer Evaluation of Kateryna's Tyshchyshyna Contrast & Comparison Paragraph**

I think the topic sentence of this paragraph is: "Even though tea contains Tannin and Catechin that have been associated with preventing cancer and heart diseases, and coffee does not have good effect on health, they both has good effect on activity of person". The paragraph is organized in point-by-point pattern. The points used to compare is temperature of drinking. The points used to contrast are types of consumption, level of getting used to the product, temperature of drinking, products that can be added into the drink. The comparison and contrast is easy to fallow. The best part of the paragraph was about the types of consumption.The paragraph has a good structure and clear transitions. The only thing I would like to add is a vivid conclusive sentence. Reviwer's name: Maryna Kornilova

Anastasia Mysyuk, Group #11


 * Whether Chocolate Candies and Caramels Are Substitutes**

According to economical measures chocolate candies and caramels are supposed to be absolutely substitutable products. Having much in common (sweet taste, sugar inside, shape and bright envelopes, place to get etc.) logically chocolate sweets and caramels are completely different products. Chocolate sweets contain cacao as ingredient and caramels don’t. That can be important for those who are allergic to cacao to say noting about different taste preferences that exist in the society. Besides, one can notice grate differences in technology of production and price respectively. For example, one is unlikely to bring caramels for birthday party as a present. Everyone will more likely bring good chocolate sweets in that case. In fact, having much in common, these two types of sweets can’t be taken as absolute substitutes.


 * Peer Evaluation of Anastasia’s Mysyuk Contrast & Comparison Paragraph**

I think the topic sentence of this paragraph is “Having much in common (sweet taste, sugar inside, shape and bright envelopes, place to get etc.) logically chocolate sweets and caramels are completely different products.” The paragraph is organized in point-by-point pattern. The points used to compare are sweet taste, sugar inside, shape and bright envelopes, place to get. The points used to contrast are ingredients, consumer’s preferences, technology of production and price. The comparison and contrast is a little confusing because as I have understood we do not have to analyze both sides. We should just mention both sides, but detailed explanation has to be given only on separately similarities or differences. Whereas the author’s distinguishing description is not sufficient. The best part of the paragraph was about substitutability of chocolate candies and caramels according to economical measures because it includes professional economic estimate. I would like to take out the given example because it is not appropriate for proposed comparative points. I suppose that more details and exemplification for every contrast criteria must be added. And author should not only name the criteria of differentiation as it is done in sentence “Besides, one can notice grate differences in technology of production and price respectively” but also explain the difference on the subjects. In general the paragraph is logically structured and has clear transitions. Reviewer's name - Valeria Solodka, group 11

**Laptops Apple MacBook Air and Acer Aspire** (Contrast-Comparison Paragraph) //by Valeria Solodka, group 11// In spite of the fact that these two laptops are made by two different producers and MacBook is in two times more expensive than Acer Aspire, other their characteristics like design, specifications and weight are similar. First of all, design of MacBook and Aspire is alike. To be more precise, Apple notebook likewise Acer one has silver color. Both these models are also ultra-fine and have a glossy texture. Later on, what is more significant for me, two laptops have similar specifications. For instance, both ones have screen dimension 13.3” and Intel Core i5 processors. In addition, they have installed RAM memory of 4 GB and Intel HD Graphics. The only exception is that flash memory storage of Apple laptop is 128 GB which is two time less than in Acer. Finally, both models are the lightest among all other notebooks presented on the market at weight of 1.35 kilos. In conclusion, though prices of MacBook and Acer Aspire are rather different, they are almost identical because they have analogues visual, technical features and weight.

Ulyana Kormylets 11A ** Going to the cinema or watching a movie at home ** Even though there are many films on DVDs, people still prefer watching movies at cinemas. One of the biggest factors that make people watch films at cinemas is the huge screen and realistic sound. While their quality may approach that found in cinemas, big home theater systems are too expensive. On the other hand, even if people could afford it, the images and sound will not be as perfect as in cinemas. To sum up, to enjoy the highest quality of sound and picture, the well-equipped cinema is much better than DVD player at home.

Viktoria Protsenko gr 11 Even though a balloon and a snow-ball are absolutely different things they have some similarities. They are both could be round and white. Second way in which balloon is similar to the snowball is that they both bring joy and pleasure to people who play with them. Especially it is related to the children and teenagers. Thirdly, like balloon, snow ball is made by people and for people using natural materials. However, they are different because of their inner space and weight: balloon is light and full of air, and snow ball is heavy and made of snow or ice.

The topic sentence is expressed by the phrase: “Even though a balloon and a snow-ball are absolutely different things they have some similarities”. The paragraph is organized in point-by-point pattern. The points used to compare are shape, colour, and function. The points used to contrast are weight and content. The comparison and contrast is easy to fallow. The best part of the paragraph was about the function of balloon and snow-ball to bring joy to children. The paragraph has a good structure and clear transitions. The only thing I would like to add is a vivid conclusive sentence.
 * Peer Evaluation of Viktoria’s Protsenko Contrast & Comparison Paragraph (Anastasia Mysyuk, Group #11)**

I think the topic sentence of this paragraph is "Even though a balloon and a snow-ball are absolutely different things they have some similarities." The pattern of this paragraph is point-by-point.The points use to compare are about shape, color, pleasure, natural materials. The part of the paragraph I liked best was about "Second way in which balloon is similar to the snowball is that they both bring joy and pleasure to people who play with them".The comparison is a little confusing. I have questions about the strucrue. This paragraph should be camparasinf OR contrast. And we can see both parts here. And a sentance "They are both could be round and white" is grammatically wrong. I would like to take out a part about differences in conclusion. There can not be any new information. //Ulyana Kormylets//

Whether Ukraine is alike Poland?
====Although it appears that Poland and Ukraine are different countries because Poland is a member of the European Union, and Ukraine is not, they still have much in common. First of all their languages are very similar. Some linguists say that 70% of the vocabulary of both languages is the same and differs only in the pronunciation. Besides, it is only a consequence of the fact that Poland and Ukraine for many centuries were the same country. Of course, different parts of Ukraine as well as Poland had diverse historical ways, but some of them were all time together. For example, Galicia and Little Poland (with the center in Cracow) were in the same states from the middle of the XIV to the middle of the XX centuries. What is more, Polish and Ukrainian folk and traditions are very similar. For example, Ukrainians like Poles cook twelve dishes and sing common carols at Christmas. Moreover, both Poland and Ukraine will keep the football championship of Euro 2012. So, it is very easy to notice that Poland and Ukraine have many similarities.====

==I think the topic sentence of this paragraph is "Although it appears that Poland and Ukraine are different countries because Poland is a member of the European Union, and Ukraine is not, they still have much in common." The pattern of this paragraph is point-by-point. The points used to compare are language, political situation, namely belongness to ththe same state, folk traditions, and football championship. The part of the paragraph I liked best wwas about the vocabularies. The comparison is easy to follow. I have question about folk traditions, from my point of view, this part needs more details. I would like to take out the part about the tarritories as well it is confusing in a terms of international relations. All transitions are appropriate. Ilchenko Svitlana==

Whether Eastern Ukraine is alike Western Ukraine?
====Although Eastern and Western regions of our Ukraine are both the parts of one country, they still have a lot of differences. First of all we should mention, that not all the citizens of our country think of themselves like Ukrainians. Even if they do, western people prefer European orientation and joining European Union some day. While eastern people are trying to be closer to Russia or even to be back in USSR. Secondly, we should consider language problem. This is not a secret, that western citizens mostly speak Ukrainian language – the national language of our country. On the other hand, the repressing amount of eastern citizens speak Russian and do not want to learn Ukrainian at all. Of course we do not consider dialect and surzhyk now. Thirdly, western and eastern people have different religious views. Although both western and eastern citizens are Christians, western ones prefer Catholicism, Orthodox Church of Kyiv Patriarchy or Greco-Catholic Church. On the contrast eastern people are mostly faithful to Orthodox Church of Moscow Patriarchy.====

I think the topic sentence of this paragraph is: “Although Eastern and Western regions of our Ukraine are both the parts of one country, they still have a lot of differences.” The pattern of this paragraph is subject-by-subject. The points used to compare or contrast are: political orientation, language problem, religious views. The part of the paragraph I liked best was about language problem in Ukraine. The comparison or contrast is easy to follow. I have question about absence of the concluding sentence in this paragraph. I would like to see something added about political orientation in Eastern and Western Ukraine. I would like to take out nothing. I would like to change a transition in front of the words: “This is not a secret.” Reviewer’s name: //Iaroslav Denysenko.//

Lake and River
Although both lake and river consist of the water, they have some differences. First of all, lake is a closed water system, which can be round in shape. River, in contrast to lake, is an open water system, which can be similar to the winding line or ribbon. Besides, there is one more difference, which follows from the previous one: river has flowing water, but lake has “standing” water. River flows out from some place (for example, from source) and run into somewhere (for example, into a sea) while lake doesn’t have such features. The last difference between lake and river is that age of lake is much shorter than age of river. This is because of better supply of rivers. In conclusion, it is necessary to add that there are still many other differences between lake and river in the world.

The topic sentence of this paragraph is, "Although both lake and river consist of the water, they have some differences." The pattern of this paragraph is point-by-point. The points used to contrast are: openness of a water system, shape, movement of the water, direction of this movement, age. The part of the paragraph I liked best was about the water movement. The contrast is easy to follow. I have a questions about excessive, as for me, explanation, "there is one more difference, which follows from the previous one". It seems to me that it can be just omitted. I would like to see something added about the opennes of these water systems. I would like to add transitions in front of the words, "River flows." Other comments: I think that words "lake" and "river" throughout the whole paragraph should be used with "the." Am I right? Nice paragraph. Reviewr's name: Olena Chemodanova

Contrast Paragraph
Although Kharkiv has been a capital of Ukrainian state during a few years at the beginning of XX century, it is quite different from Kyiv which is the capital now. The first point of difference between these two Ukrainian megapolicies is river. While Kyiv is concentrated around the Dneeper, life in Kharkiv does not depend on the presens of the river. Kharkiv rivers Lopan, Udy and Kharkiv do not play a role of important arteries and do not domunate on the city life. Controversly, the Dneeper forms the structure of Kyiv and defines the dynamics of the settlement. The second substantional point of difference is architecture. Even though a few examples of that from the communist and particularly stalinist era are present in Kyiv, they do not form the city landscape in whole. For instance, the constructivist building of Derzhprom has bacome one of the main symbols of modern Kharkiv. These examples of dissimilarity are not complete but we consider them as the most notable.

Stepanchuk Natalia, A-4
Comparing and Contrasting Paragraph

Tea & Dog
At first sight tea and dog is absolutely different things, but still they have something in common. Both of them can give a warm. A dog gives a warm with touch and a tea gives a warm while a person drinking it or touching to a cup of warm tea. Nevertheless there are more differences between them. For example, dog is an animal, and tea is a plant, or a drink, or a good of grocery. Also a dog has a voice and a tea is mute. A tea even has no mouth whereas a dog has one. In addition dogs can move and a tea cannot. These are the brightest differences between these two things.

Peer Evaluation of Natalia’s Stepanchuk Contrast Comparison Paragraph

I think the topic sentence of this paragraph is “At first sight tea and dog is absolutely different things, but still they have something in common.” The pattern of this paragraph is a subject-by-subject. The points used to compare or contrast are dog and tea. The part of the paragraph I liked best was about tea not having even a mouth. The contrast/comparison is a little confusing, but amusing to follow. I have questions about spelling and using of a word “warm” that was used instead of “warmth” in this question “Both of them can give a warm.” I would like to see something added about the comparison of tea and a dog, not just the warmth. I would like to take out the part about the possibility of a dog to move, when tea cannot. All in all, I can say that the author’s way of comparing tea and a dog was interesting and extraordinary. I liked it.

Reviewer’s name: Korablina Vira

Differences between Dmitrii Medvedev and Vladimir Putin as presidential candidates (utopia)
There are some differences between Dmitrii Medvedev and Vladimir Putin as presidential candidates in 2012 Russia Presidential Elections. Dmitrii Medvedev is the best presidential candidate for USA, because he is more liberal, democratic, sees eye to eye with the West. In addition, he stands separate position from the prime minister’s. All the more, America presses for becoming the Russian Federation more democratic state, because democratization of its state system leads to rising of separatism in the national administrative-territorial units, and, as a result, collapse of the Russia and weakening of its world’s role. Firm and inflexible Vladimir Putin, on the contrary, which stands enough strongly pronounced anti-American position, more suits for Europe. All the more, presidents of many European countries and, particularly, of such leaders as Germany, France and Italy, stay with him in friendly relations, turn a blind eye to human rights abuse in Russia. They receive for it profitable oil-and-gas contracts, and also by supporting they can oppose USA, which dictate to the European Union their policy. So, there are some clear differences between Dmitrii Medvedev and Vladimir Putin that depend on their positions in the international policy.

I think the topic sentence of this paragraph is “There are some differences between Dmitrii Medvedev and Vladimir Putin as presidential candidates in 2012 Russia Presidential Elections.” The pattern of this paragraph is “subject-by-subject”. The points are used to compare are two presidential candidates in 2012 Russia Presidential Elections. The part of the paragraph I like best was about Vladimir Putin. The comparison is easy to follow. I think there are enough transitions in this text and there is nothing to add. Reviewer’s name – Natalia Stepanchuk

**// Tanya Kosmina //** **// Group 4 //** **// Comparison paragraph //** ** The sun and cheese ** The sun and cheese are absolutely different and quite unlike things, but at the same time they have some similarities. The sun is yellow, and cheese commonly is yellow or has tints of this colour. Both of them have circularity. All the year round we can see the shining sun in the sky and appetizing cheese on the shopboards in spite of season. It is necessary to add that it is warm in the sun, and cheese can provide some warm in our stomach if we eat it. So the sun and cheese can cause positive emotions because of their qualities. Nevertheless, there are many differences between these things. Firstly, cheese is a product, but the Sun is a sphere, a large star the Earth revolves around. Secondly, we can smell cheese or taste it, so cheese can be eaten by us, but we can only look at sun through the glasses and nothing else. One more difference is that there are a lot various sorts of cheese, and they can be bought or made, but the sun is the one, and we can not find it in shops, because it is priceless. These are the main differences between the sun and cheese.