Applications

Here is some information on how to write a compare and contrast paragraph.  

To use this in a fictional story, there are several things you can do.  Here are two:

• Show comparison and contrast between two characters, in how they react to something.
• Show contrast between two events and how they affect a character.
• Describe two characters in terms of likenesses and differences.

If you remember Lord of the Rings from last year, you can see how an author might set up a natural comparison/contrast between two characters in order to show something important to his story.


Examples:

• Saruman and Gandalf 
• Denethor and Theoden

Try:

A very easy quiz on comparing and contrasting (you hardly even have to read the passages)