Practice for LA Compare Contrast Vocab

to explain how something is similar to something else.

• difference

• Venn Diagram

• Compare

a word or phrase used in writing to connect ideas.

• Compare

• Transition word

• Similar

not the same as another thing; unlike.

• Transition Word

• Venn Diagram

• Diifferent

to explain how something is different from something else.

• Contrast

• Similar

• Compare

a type of chart that uses overlapping circles to show shared and distinct characteristics among and between things.

• Transition Word

• Compare

• Venn Diagram

very much the same as something.

• Different

• Similar

• Contrast

a word or phrase used in writing to connect ideas.

• Compare

• Transition Word

• Venn Diagram

exact; particular, (detailed)

• Specific

• Similar

• Contrast

My sister told me to meet her at a _________ spot at the mall.

• specific

• compare

Mike had to share his _____________ of how 5th and 6th grade were different.

• Contrast

• Transition Word