Comparison Diagrams

Comparison Diagrams

How to Write Reports with Comparison Diagrams

Writing a report comparing diagrams is primarily an exercise in recognizing what is the same and what is different between the two diagrams or within one diagram itself. Therefore, you need to look closely at each diagram. On a notes sheet, then write what you see as the same in one column and what you see as different in another. This will provide you with important information for your report.

• Before you start writing, identify the process, order, or sequence of the information.

You must pay attention to the order of the steps or the stages of the process or flow in the information. This order becomes the key point of your description, without this the examiner will not be impressed.

• For your introduction and trend paragraph, paraphrase the question statement and the trend should compare the two diagrams. You need to explain and compare the information together not separately. Try to write one sentence for the trend idea.

• In your two 'details' paragraphs, try to compare parts of the process, such as the differences between the steps. If you cannot compare steps, discuss each step itself but the examiner will want to see comparisons. Try to organize the information into 2 groups.

• Describe and compare the diagrams and include at least 4 or 5 details discussing the similarities and differences in the information in each of the two paragraphs.

• The use of the present or past tense is the best for a comparison report. Do not use the passive tense because you are not explaining a process rather you are comparing two diagrams.