Jeopardy review game: Skill of Comparing and Contrasting

$100: These help describe the features or qualities of two items being compared.

• What are attributes?

• What are characteristics?

• What are differences?

• What are similarities?

$200: When contrasting, you are looking for these between two items.

• Similarities

• Differences

• Identities

• Connections

$300: This graphic organizer is commonly used to compare similarities and differences.

• Flowchart

• Pie Chart

• Venn Diagram

• Bar Graph

$400: These words like 'both', 'similarly', or 'likewise' indicate comparisons. What are comparison words?

• Comparison words

• Contrasting words

• Descriptive words

• Action words

$500: This term refers to looking for how items are the same and different.

• What is analyze and evaluate?

• What is compare and contrast?

• What is summarize and conclude?

• What is identify and classify?

$100: When comparing two characters, you look at these aspects including what they say and do. What are character traits?

• Character traits

• Plot points

• Settings

• Themes

$200: When contrasting story settings, you might look at these details such as time and place.

• What are time and location?

• What are characters and plot?

• What are themes and motifs?

• What are dialogue and tone?

$300: In a book, these are specific parts that reveal the differences or similarities between plots. What are (a)   ?

• Plot Points

• Character Arcs

• Themes

• Settings

This is done to see how characters respond to similar situations differently. What is (a)   ?

• Character A

• Character B

• Character C

• Character D

These help highlight the author's purpose in using specific themes in literature. What are (a)   ?

• Themes

• Motifs

• Symbols

• Characterization