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aCTIvITy 2.2
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expository Writing: Compare/Contrast
my Notes
Second Read
• Reread the passage to answer these text-dependent comprehension questions.
• Write any additional questions you have about the text in your Reader/Writer Notebook.
5. Craft and Structure: How does Catton use a metaphor to illustrate conflict in paragraph 3?
6. Craft and Structure: Find the words “aristocratic,” “chivalry,” “knighthood,” and “country squire” in the passage. How are these words related? Make an inference about what the author believes Robert E. Lee embodied.
7. Key Ideas and Details: Choose a sentence from paragraphs 5 or 6 and one from paragraphs 7 or 8 showing the greatest contrast between the two generals. Explain your choice.
8. Craft and Structure: Which paragraph signals a change from a discussion of the generals’ differences to a discussion of their similarities? What transition words help you see this?
Working from the Text
9. This essay was very carefully organized. Skim the paragraphs, noting the content of the paragraphs and the text you have noted. Then, create a brief outline of the text’s organizational structure.
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