Compare and Contrast

When you compare something, you ask yourself:

• How are they the same?

• How are they different?

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CCSS.RI.3.9

What does it mean to contrast?

• To tell what is the same.

• To tell what is different.

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CCSS.RI.3.9

CCSS.RL.3.9

Crocodiles and Alligators are covered with scales and have backbones. They have short legs and long, powerful tails. Also, baby crocodiles and alligators both hatch from eggs.
According to the paragraph, how are alligators and crocodiles alike?

• They both have short legs and powerful tails.
• They both eat eggs.
• They are both green.
• They both have hairy skin.

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CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RI.3.2

Kate lived in a large house with many animals. Her best friend, Jill, lived in a small house without pets.

How were the friends' homes different?

• Kate had a large house, but Jill's was small.

• Kate doesn't have pets, but Jill does.

• Both Kate and Jill have homes.

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CCSS.RL.3.1

Cinderella is kind, sweet, and charming, while her step sisters are mean and cruel.

How are Cinderella and her step sisters different?

• They both want to marry the prince.

• The step sisters are kind, but Cinderella is not.

• Cinderella is kind, but her step sisters are not.

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CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RL.3.3

The key word same is...

• Contrast

• Compare

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CCSS.RL.3.9

The key word different is…

• Contrast
• Compare

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.1.3

What does it mean to contrast things?

• look at differences

• look at similarities

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CCSS.RI.3.4

What does it mean to compare things?

• look at differences

• look at similarities

When you contrast something, you ask yourself:

• How are they the same?

• How are they different?

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.9