Compare and Contrast

What does it mean to compare things?

• To look at how things are similar, or the same

• To look at how things are different

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CCSS.RI.2.9

What does it mean to contrast?

• To look at what is different

• To look at what is the similar, or the same

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CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.9

Cinderella is kind and helpful, while her sisters are cruel and demanding. This sentence is...

• Comparing the sisters qualities

• Contrasting the sisters qualities

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CCSS.RL.3.9

Cinderella is sweet and her stepsisters are cruel. How are Cinderella and her step-sisters different?

• Cinderella and her stepsisters want to marry the prince.

• The stepsisters are nice and Cinderella is mean.

• Cinderella is kind, but her stepsisters are not.

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CCSS.RL.2.1

Which is an example of comparing characters?

• To show how the characters are different.

• To show how the characters are the same.

• To tell why the characters have a problem.

• To describe a story setting.

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CCSS.RL.2.9

Ice-cream is a delicious frozen treat that comes in many flavors. Two popular flavors are strawberry and chocolate. Strawberry flavor may contain pieces of fruit, while chocolate usually does not. Both strawberry and chocolate ice-cream are delicious in a milkshake.

Which 2 things are being compared and contrasted?

• ice-cream and chips

• vanilla and chocolate ice-cream

• strawberry and chocolate ice-cream

The wolf in Little Red Riding Hood wants to eat people. The wolf is The Three Little Pigs wants to eat animals. So, in both stories the wolf is hungry and wants to eat things he should NOT be eating.

• This is an example of comparing

• This is an example of being kind

• This is an example of contrasting

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CCSS.RL.2.9

In the story Jack and the Beanstalk, Jack is curious and climbs the beanstalk to investigate what is at the top. In the story, Little Red Riding Hood, she is curious about the beautiful flowers and stops to look at them. What word would best compare the wolf and Little Ride Hood?

• loving

• happy

• hungry

• curious

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CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.2.9

What type of story structure looks at similarities and differences in a text?

• sequence

• main idea

• fiction

• compare and contrast

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CCSS.RI.2.9

CCSS.RL.2.9

The key word same means...

• contrast

• compare

• divide

• different

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CCSS.L.2.4A

CCSS.RI.2.4