Compare and Contrast

What does it mean to compare things?

• look at similarities

• look at differences

What does it mean to contrast?

• To tell what is the same

• To tell what is different

• To tell what is alike and different

• To tell what is alike and the same

The word different means?

• compare

• contrast

Which type of text structure shows how two or more things are alike and different?

• compare and contrast

• sequence

• cause and effect

What is the clue word in this sentence? Dogs and cats are alike in many ways?

• dogs

• cats

• many

• alike