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Comparing and Contrasting Photos or Pictures PDF

The document provides instructions for comparing and contrasting photos or pictures in 4 steps: 1. Describe what can be seen in the photos such as people, activities, clothing, weather, and location. Note feelings and impressions. 2. Compare and contrast the photos by noting similarities using words like "both", "all", "some" and differences using words like "but", "however", "whereas". 3. Speculate about the situations using speculative language like "may", "might", "could", "must". 4. Give reactions to the photos using expressions like "I'd love/hate to do that", "It looks great/dangerous/awful", "

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Comparing and Contrasting Photos or Pictures PDF

The document provides instructions for comparing and contrasting photos or pictures in 4 steps: 1. Describe what can be seen in the photos such as people, activities, clothing, weather, and location. Note feelings and impressions. 2. Compare and contrast the photos by noting similarities using words like "both", "all", "some" and differences using words like "but", "however", "whereas". 3. Speculate about the situations using speculative language like "may", "might", "could", "must". 4. Give reactions to the photos using expressions like "I'd love/hate to do that", "It looks great/dangerous/awful", "

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PRACTICAS DISCURSIVAS II

Prof.: Gonzalez, Virginia A.

COMPARING AND CONTRASTING PHOTOS OR PICTURES

1- DESCRIBE
What you can see in the photo.
What is happening. Ex: on the right/ left, at the top/bottom, in the middle, behind,
etc
What are they doing. *(Present continuous)
What are they wearing?
What’s the weather like?
Are they inside or outside?
How do they look? Use adjectives: happy/sad/tired/bored/etc
How does the photo make you feel?
Would you like to be there? Why? Why not?
2- COMPARE AND CONTRAST
Compare: What vocabulary do we use?
Similarities: all, both, some, most…
…and, also, as well, too
Ex: in both pictures…
Both pictures depict…
In this one… and in the other one…
Neither of them…
Contrast: differences you can see
…but/ however/whereas/while/ on the other hand…/ Although…
Ex: In the first picture…whereas the other picture…
On the one hand…on the other hand…
Compare and contrast example:
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In both photos the woman is blonde. In the photo of the left she is wearing a white
shirt whereas in the photo of the right she is wearing a black coat.

3- SPECULATE
Speculate about the situation. What language do we use?
May/ might/ could/ must/ can be
He seems to/ appears to be
Ex: They seem to be very happy. Their team must be winning.

4- REACT
Give your reaction. What language can you use?
I’d love/ hate to do that!
It looks great/ dangerous/awful!
It makes me want to try/ go there…
It wouldn’t suit me.
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1. Now, make a comparison and contrast with these images.


A.

B.
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C.

D.
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E.

F.
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Mainwood, D. “Comparing and Contrasting photos”. Retrieved July 30, 2021 from
https://www.slideshare.net/DavidMainwood/compare-and-contrast-photos

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