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"Similar, same, alike, both, on the other hand, instead" are signal words for...

• Comparison
• Description
• Question and Answer
• Cause and Effect

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The Fourth of July and Veteran's Day are both U.S. holidays.  However, the Fourth of July celebrates our independence and Veteran's Day celebrates military veterans.  How are these holidays different?

• Both holidays are celebrated in the U.S.
• Fourth of July celebrates independence, while Veteran's Day celebrates veterans.
• Both holidays are in the summer.

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I have a pet dog and cat in my house.  My dog, Spot, likes to chew on his bone, while my cat, Stripes, likes to sleep.  They both love to cuddle with me on the couch.  How are my pets similar? 

• They both chew on things.
• They both love to cuddle.
• They both sleep a lot.

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This text structure is "how are things in the text similar or different."

• Main Idea and Details
• Problem and Solution
• Cause and Effect
• Comparison

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What is comparison?

• When an author uses cause and effect to support a position
• When an author stretches the truth to make something sound much better or worse than it actually is
• When an author says two things that cannot be true
• When an author compares two things and gives reasons why one is better or worse to support a position

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compare

• to show differences
• to have two of something
• to keep ideas apart
• to show the similarities

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This type of writing considers similarities and differences.

• description
• compare & contrast
• order & sequence
• cause & effect

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What are the two things being compared in the following sentence?
I am as hungry as a bear recently awakened from hibernation.

• "I" and "hungry" 
• "I" and "a hungry bear awakened from hibernation"
• "Bear" and "hibernation"
• "hungry" and "hibernation"

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Reptiles have scales and their toes have claws; amphibians have moist skin and their toes do not have claws. Both reptiles and amphibians lay eggs. However, reptile eggs have a thick hard shell and are laid on land, but amphibian eggs have no shell and are laid in water. Young reptiles are miniature replicas of their parents and are born with lungs, but young amphibians start out with gills. Once amphibians have matured to adults they have lungs.

When comparing reptiles and amphibians:

• Reptiles and amphibians both have lungs as adults.

• Reptiles and amphibians both have toes on their claws.

• Reptiles and amphibians have gills when babies.

• Reptiles and amphibians have scales.

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Janet and Kylie were best friends, they liked to do everything together. Kylie loved horseback riding and so did Janet. Janet loved swimming, and although Kylie did not know how to swim she loved the water. Janet enjoyed vacationing in tropic areas while Kylie liked arctic zones.

In what ways do the two girls contrast?

• Kylie loved horseback riding and Janet did not.

• Janet liked vacationing in tropic areas while Kylie liked arctic zones.

• Kylie liked to vacation in tropic areas while Janet liked peaceful grasslands.

• Kylie loved swimming and so did Janet.

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