COMPARE AND CONTRAST TWO TOPICS

Which text structure best describes this paragraph? Theodor Seuss Geisel and Roald Dahl are two famous children’s authors. Both authors enjoyed writing fun and imaginative stories that have helped millions of children love to read. While these authors have much in common, such as their writing had been inspired by their childhoods, there are also many differences as well. One difference is that Roald Dahl was a British author who joined the Royal Air Force while Dr. Seuss was an American writer who went on to college.

• Compare and Contrast

• Problem and Solution

• Sequence or Chronological Order

• Cause and Effect

Text describes two topics, discusses similarities and differences

• cause and effect

• problem and solution

• description

• compare and contrast

6)     George runs three miles daily, yet Paul hates to exercise.

• COMPARE

• CONTRAST

To find out what a word means you should look in the

• paragraph after the word

• The paragraph before it, the paragraph after it, the paragraph the word is in.

• The sentence the word is in, the sentence before it, the sentence after it

• the words in around it

If you were writing a paragraph explaining the steps needed to learn how to ride a bike, what text structure would you use?

• sequence and order

• cause and effect

• problem and solution

• compare and contrast

Most people think daddy longlegs are spiders. They look alike, but they are not the same.  Look closely next time you see daddy longlegs.  They have only one body section, but spiders have two.  When they walk, daddy longlegs use their second pair of legs to feel their way along.  This is the way some insects use their antennae.  Spiders do not have antennae. Some spiders have poisonous bites.  Daddy longlegs cannot bite. To protect themselves, they give off a bad smell.

• problem / solution
• chronological/ sequential order
• compare / contrast
• cause/effect

"Life is a long, twisty roller coaster."

This most likely means ________________.

• sometimes life is right and sometimes it is wrong

• sometimes life is scary and sometimes it is fun

• sometimes life if questionable and sometimes its happy

• sometimes life is sad and sometimes it is scary

The text has two or more ideas or topics and the author writes about the similarities and differences.

• sequence

• compare and contrast

• sequence

• all of them

Piscatorial creatures, such as flounder, trout, and salmon, live in the coldest parts of the ocean.

Using context clues, what does Piscatorial mean?

• related to deserts

• related to fishing

• related to outer space

• related to hunting

   9)     Kim likes heavy metal, but Steve prefers classical music.

• COMPARE

• CONTRAST