Practice 11: Organising contrast / comparison paragraphs.

 Doing sport:                                                                         Watching sport:

  1. You have healthy habits.                                             1. You entertain yourself. 
  2. You can have your body in shape.                              2. You will not be in shape
  3. You clear your mind.                                                  3. You will not be so healthy than doing sport
  4. You get tired.                                                              4. You can join a group of fans.
  5. You can participate in marathons and make friends.  5. I think you get bored.
  6. You get happy.
Action films:                                                                         Romantic films:
  1. fantasy                                                                         1. deaths
  2. unreality                                                                      2. love
  3. run                                                                               3. treason
  4. deaths                                                                          4. kisses
  5. fights                                                                           5. suffering
  6. lights                                                                           6. feelings
  7. treason                                                                        7. fantasy
  8. tension                                                                        8. drama
Comparative paragraphs:

Doing/watching sports:

OUTLINE:

Topic sentence: Playing sports and watching sports are two very different verbs. 
First point of comparison: health.
A1: Doing sports you get a health lifestyle and you keep your body in shape.
A2: Watching sports you won't have a healthy life habits neither a good body shape.
Second point of comparison: mental health.
Doing sports, you get your mind clean.
Third point of comparison: bored/tired
A1: Doing sports you can get  tired but happy.
A2: Watching sports you can get bored. 
Concluding sentence: But I think that doing sports creates "addiction" and you finally get happy.

PARAGRAPH:

Playing sports and watching sports are two very different verbs. First of all, by doing sports you will have healthy lifestyle habits and therefore you will have health, you will also keep your body in shape, however watching sports you will not have healthy life habits and also your body won't a good shape.
On the other hand, is true that watching sports is entertaining but I think doing sports is very good for mental health, among other things. 
Honestly, to conclude, I believe that watching sports can you get bored, and doing sport you get tired. But I think that doing sports creates "addiction" and you finally get happy.

Action/romantic films:

OUTLINE:

Topic sentence: Although action and romantic films are two very different genres, we can find similarities.
First point of comparison: fantasy.
A1: In action films, unreal things happen and show us a special fantasy.
A2: In romantic films, fantasy is synonymous with illusion.
Second point of comparison: deaths.
In both action and romantic films there is drama when a character dies.
Third point of comparison: treason.
A1: In action films, there are several treasons among the characters that cause fights.
A2: In romantic films, treason causes smaller-scale fights too.
Concluding sentence:  They are two different genres that if we look closely we will find several things in common, but in different ways.

PARAGRAPH:

Although action and romantic films are two very different genres, we can find similarities. In both there is fantasy, but focused in different ways. For instance, in action movies, unreal things happen and show us a special fantasy, and in romantic ones, that fantasy is synonymous with illusion. When plans are made in the couple, when actors talk of dreams... that's the fantasy they show us in this kind of films.
Secondly, in both genres we find deaths, and both focus on drama. Many action movies contain deaths of characters that are loved by viewers. The same thing happens in romantic movies when one of the members of the couple dies.
To sum up, treason is a very present thing in action movies. It generates fights and clashes and in romantic ones it also happens although differently. They are two different genres that if we look closely we will find several things in common, but in different ways.


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