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Comparing Texts
Comparison questions ask you to read two short texts and notice what they share and what they don't. The skill is not just to spot differences — it is to spot ones that MATTER. This clinic teaches you the four most useful comparison angles.
Lesson 1 — Same topic, opposing viewpoints
The most common comparison set-up: two writers argue opposite sides of the same question. Read each text. Identify the central claim of each. The comparison answer almost always lies in how those claims differ.
Text A: "School trips are the highlight of the year — a chance to see history come alive." Text B: "School trips eat up valuable lesson time and rarely teach anything that a textbook cannot."
How do the two writers differ?
A. They agree completely
B. They disagree about the value of school trips
C. They both describe a specific museum
D. Neither expresses an opinion