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10. What is the central idea or purpose of the text? Provide textual evidence to support your analysis.
Creating Coherence
In Unit 1, you learned that coherence in writing is the clear and orderly presentation of ideas in a paragraph or essay. One way a writer creates coherence is to use transitional words, phrases, and sentences to link ideas within and between paragraphs. The following chart lists some transitional words and phrases that create coherence in compare/contrast essays.
my Notes
Transitions That Compare
Transitions That Contrast
Likewise Similarly
In the same way
Although
Instead
Even though
On the other hand On the contrary
In contrast
Nevertheless Still However Yet/But Rather Conversely
11. Sort the transitions using the QHT strategy. Then, practice using some of the transitions on a subject that you know about such as short stories versus poetry. Write a few sentences in the My Notes section of this page.
Check Your Understanding
WRITING to SOURCES Expository Writing Prompt
After reading “Grant and Lee: A Study in Contrasts,” write a short compare/ contrast paragraph comparing Robert E. Lee and Ulysses S. Grant. Be sure to:
• Explain at least one difference and one similarity of the two subjects.
• Organize ideas logically (subject-by-subject or feature-by-feature). Refer to the chart on page 95 for these organizational structures.
• Create coherence by using transitional words and phrases.
• Support your explanations and ideas with evidence from the text.
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