Although Central Park in Xela is smaller, its tropical flowers and colonialĪrchitecture make it just as beautiful as New York’s. Which is a lot easier to say! Second, both cities have a “Central Park” where people like For example, each has its own nickname.Įveryone knows New York is “the Big Apple.” Quetzaltenango is known as “Xela”, Both cities are striking and distinctive. There are many reasons why New York City (NY) seems like my home away from When you compare them, they seem likeĭramatically different places, but they have some things in common, and I love themīoth. Was born and lived the first part of my life. New York City, where I live now, and the other is Quetzaltenango, Guatemala, where I There are two places that have had a profound impact in my life. Passage 2- Effective Academic Writing by Alice Savage & Patricia Mayer (2012). Passage 1 - From Great Paragraphs to Great Essays by Keith Folse et al. How many sentences does the paragraph have? Circle contrast language – transitions and connectorsĦ. What method of organization does the writer use: block or point-by-point?ĥ. Underline the three major supporting details. Does the writer offer a suggestion, an opinion,ģ. Learned that each of our hometowns has unique weather.Ģ. While a Chicagoan’s biggest weather fear is a blizzard, theīiggest weather problem for people in Miami is a hurricane.
Finally, people in each city are worried aboutĭifferent weather problems. In the summer, the temperature reaches 95 degrees in theĭaytime and drops only to 75 or so at night.
On average, the high temperature reaches only around 32ĭegrees, and the low each night goes down to about 20 degrees. Miami, in contrast, has only two seasons: a very mild winter and a very long summer.Īnother major difference in the weather between our two cities is that Chicago’s worst Chicago enjoys summer, fall, winter, and spring weather. Our discussion centered on threeĭifferences between the weather in our two hometowns. Or my hometown, Miami, has better weather. My cousin and I recently had a discussion about whether his hometown, Chicago, Example of compare & contrast paragraphs(1)