Juxtaposition – noun

Definition: the act or an instance of placing two or more things side by side; also :  the state of being so placed

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/juxtaposition

I found this word in the guideline for project #2 while reading to seeing the assignments required for the project. This word was introduce on Monday September 22, 2014 on the handout called Project #2: Overlapping New Yorks. The word is located on the bottom of the handout. The word juxtaposition is a word required to use in our writing for this project.

After researching the word it became more clear, the word juxtaposition means that objects are being compare.