Compare and Contrast- Nonfiction

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To compare means to tell how people, places, or things are...

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alike

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To contrast means to tell how people, places, or things are...

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different

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Graphic organizer for comparison and contrast.

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Polar bears are white, live in cold areas, and eat fish, seals, and penguins. Grizzly bears are brown, hibernate in cold, and eat fish, fruit, and vegetables. Compare them.

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They both are good swimmers.

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Polar bears are white, live in cold areas, swim well, and eat fish, seals, and penguins. Grizzly bears are brown, hibernate in cold, swim well, and eat fish, fruit, and vegetables. Contrast them.

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Grizzly bears hibernate; polar bears do not.

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Frogs and toads are amphibians. Frogs have smooth, moist skin and live in water and on land. Toads have rough, bumpy skin and mostly live on land. Both eat flies.

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They both eat flies.

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Frogs have smooth skin; toads have bumpy skin.

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A frog's skin is smooth and a toad's skin is bumpy.