3.7 Introducing Nonfiction Text Structures

Compare and Contrast

Do you know what the difference between a red pizza and a white pizza? What is the same about them? This passage compares and contrasts red sauce and white sauce pizza. It is organized as compare and contrast.

Most people have had red pizza, or pizza covered with red sauce, but have you ever had white pizza?  White pizza is made in almost the same way as red pizza: the dough rises and is rolled out, toppings are applied, and it is cooked in an oven—but the key difference is that white pizza does not have any tomato sauce on it.  Instead, a white pizza may have olive oil or no sauce at all.  I like white pizza more than red pizza because you can really taste the ingredients.  Adding some fresh tomatoes to a white pizza will give it that tomato flavor without the completely overwhelming taste of the red sauce that covers most pizzas.  If you have not had a white pizza, I recommend that you order or make one today.

In your Learning Guide, give the main idea of the paragraph and fill the details from the paragraph in point form into the compare and contrast text graphic provided.