Compare and Contrast Signal Words

ALTHOUGH

• Compare

• Contrast

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.5.6

EVEN THOUGH

• Compare

• Contrast

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.5.6

WHILE

• Compare

• Contrast

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

BUT

• Compare

• Contrast

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.5.6

NOT ALIKE

• Compare

• Contrast

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5B

CCSS.L.8.4A

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

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Which signal word is used to compare?

• similar

• different

• opposite

• but

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Which signal word is used to contrast?

• same

• similar

• different

• both

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.5.6

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.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

Compare/contrast is one type of ____________________ text structure.

• fiction

• nonfiction

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5