To say the texts are similar:
- Similarly
- In the same way / In much the same way
- In ______, we also see ___________
- These characters react in the same way, both __________ because _____
- These characters react similarly but for completely different reasons….
- Both texts reveal that __________
- This is also obvious in ________ when _______, just like ____ decides __________
- We also see this in ________
- Likewise, in __________
- This is mirrored in _________
- The two texts share a similarity in that __________
To point out differences
- By contrast, in _________
- In a different way ________
- The opposite is seen in _________
- Unlike _________
- A completely different situation is clear in _________
- In direct contrast to this, in _________, _________
- The reverse is true in ________
- Nothing like this is evident in _________ because they don’t value _______
- These two texts could not be more different, particularly in thier outlook on _________
- This is very different to ___________
- This is somewhat different to _______
Here’s another list of linking phrases: http://jamietuohy.com/2012/04/12/essential-words-for-the-comparative-question-jamie-tuohy/
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Can you please tell me can you compare a hero in one text with a heroine in another text for ord level or does it have to be hero with hero and heroine with heroine? Thanking you, Kathryn
I’m not sure. I’ve never taught hero, heroine, villian as a mode. As far as I can tell from the marking scheme you can compare a hero in one text to a heroine in another, or a hero to a villain, or a villain to a villain. Any combination you like, unless the question specifically tells you otherwise (which has never happened as far as I can see). That makes sense to me because you could have a film whose central character is a female villain, a play whose central character is a male hero and a novel whose central character is a female heroine so you have to be allowed to discuss whichever character you want…
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