Compare & Contrast

Very much the same as something.

• Similar

• Specific

• Different

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5B

CCSS.L.8.4A

A _________is a useful tool to use when writing about how two things are alike and how they differ.

• Transition word

• Venn diagram

• Specific

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.5.6

Not the same as another thing; unlike.

• Specific

• Compare

• Contrast

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

My sister pointed to a __________ spot on the map and asked me to meet her on that exact corner later that day.

• Specific

• Compare

• Contrast

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

To explain how something is similar to something else.

• Specific

• Compare

• Contrast

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

Her eyes are two _________ colors: One is brown and the other is green.

• Similar

• Transition word

• Different

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

The horses looked _________ to each other; They had the same white markings on their foreheads.

• Different

• Transition word

• Similar

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.5.6

My teacher asked me to use more _______ like "similarly" and "however" in my writing to show the relationship between my ideas.

• Venn diagrams

• Transition words

• Specifics

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

To explain how something is different from something else.

• Contrast

• Compare

• Transition word

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

Janine was asked to ___________ the twin girls, so she began explaining all of the things they had in common.

• Specific

• Contrast

• Compare

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D