WEEK 4 – DAY 1

PARAGRAPH BY COMPARISON
SELECT THE BEST ANSWER.
1. Which of these is not a narrative text?
A. anecdote B. character sketch C. eulogy
D. travelogue
2. How do we call the villain in the story who
creates the problems in the life of the main
character?
A. antagonist B. foil C. protagonist
D. sidekick
3. What do you call the perspective the writer takes
in telling his story?
A. character B. point of view C. Plot
D. setting
SELECT THE BEST ANSWER.
4. Which pattern of paragraph development
attempts to put into words the picture or
image of an object, person, place, or scene?
A. description C. exemplification
B. narration D. problem-solution
5. Which pattern of paragraph development
is easy to use and is effective in explaining
or clarifying difficult ideas?
A. definition C. description
B. exemplification D. narration
PARAGRAPH BY COMPARISON
 One way of explaining an idea or a
concept is by comparing it with
another of its kind to reveal their
similarities, or by contrasting them
to show their differences.
SIGNAL WORDS USED
 For similarities:
like, equally, also, in the same
manner, similarly, too, likewise,
both, so, as-as

o For differences
Whereas, however, in contrast, but,
instead, yet, to differentiate, less
than, on the other hand
WORDS OF THE DAY

 integrity – honor; uprightness

 newly-minted rule
newly-constructed; newly-invented

 eldership – seniority; rank

 A statesman and a politician are both servants of
the country, but their similarity ends there. A
statesman is anyone who promotes the public good
with integrity and righteousness while a politician is
anybody elected to office. A statesman thinks first of
his country and the next generation, but a politician
thinks first of himself and the next election. A
statesman makes the necessary possible; a politician
makes the possible necessary. A statesman is always
guided by the Golden Rule that dictates the greatest
good for the greatest number. In contrast, the
politician is held up by a newly-minted Golden Rule,
which says that he who has the gold rules.
Statesmanship carries with it a quality of leadership
that aims to bring people together, and of eldership
that cares for others. Verily, a statesman walks his
talk; a politician talks his walk. (Adapted from Monsod)
LITERAL LEVEL
 What do you know of the “old”
Golden Rule?
 What are the primary concerns of a
statesman?
 What are uppermost in the mind of a
politician?
INTERPRETIVE LEVEL
 Why are politicians so focused on the
next election?
DYADIC ACTIVITY:
MAKE AN ANALYSIS OF THE PARAGRAPH
ABOUT THE POLITICIAN AND THE
STATESMAN. USE THE TEMPLATE
WRITTEN IN YOUR NOTEBOOK.

1. UNITY
2. COHERENCE
3. PARAGRAPH DEVELOPMENT
ANALYSIS OF THE PARAGRAPH
UNITY
1. Topic Sentence
2. Limited Topic
3. Controlling Idea
4. Supporting Details: Comparison/Contrast
a) ____________________________________
b) ____________________________________
c) ____________________________________
d) ____________________________________
e) ____________________________________
f) ____________________________________
5. Clinching Sentence_______________________
___________________________________________
 ANALYSIS OF PARAGRAPH
STRUCTURE
COHERENCE
Structural Devices
1. Signal Words _______________________
2. Pronoun Reference___________________
3. Repetition of Key Words _____________
____________________________________
4. Parallel Grammatical Structures
____________________________________
 ANALYSIS OF PARAGRAPH
STRUCTURE

PARAGRAPH DEVELOPMENT
1. Purpose of the Writer___________
2. Paragraph Pattern_____________