Compare and Contrast Signal Words

ALTHOUGH

• Compare

• Contrast

EVEN THOUGH

• Compare

• Contrast

WHILE

• Compare

• Contrast

BUT

• Compare

• Contrast

NOT ALIKE

• Compare

• Contrast

What are signal words?

• Words that tell us the type of text structure the text is written in

• Red, yellow, and green like a traffic signal

Which signal word is used to compare?

• similar

• different

• opposite

• but

Which signal word is used to contrast?

• same

• similar

• different

• both

Which sentence contrasts two ancient civilizations?

• Pyramids were built by ancient Egyptians and the Aztec/Mayan civilizations.

• The Mesopotamian and Egyptian civilizations were both located near rivers.

• The Chinese settled near the Huang river, but the Egyptians settled near the Nile river.

Compare/contrast is one type of ____________________ text structure.

• fiction

• nonfiction