Question

Read this outline from a passage.

Coffee and Tea and the Java and Me
Coffee
History of coffee
Taste profile of coffee
Health properties of coffee
Caffeine content in coffee
Tea
History of tea
Taste profile of tea
Health properties of tea
Caffeine content in tea
What comparison strategy does the author use in the passage?


taste-versus-health comparison


point-by-point comparison


advantages-versus-disadvantages comparison


subject-by-subject comparison

Answer 1

subject-by-subject comparison

The author covers all aspects of one subject (coffee) first—history, taste, health, caffeine—then covers the same aspects for the other subject (tea), which is the block or subject-by-subject method.