Compare

What does it mean to compare things?

• To look at how things are similar, or the same

• To look at how things are different

Which is an example of comparing characters?

• To show how the characters are different.

• To show how the characters are the same.

• To tell why the characters have a problem.

• To describe a story setting.

Ice-cream is a delicious frozen treat that comes in many flavors. Two popular flavors are strawberry and chocolate. Strawberry flavor may contain pieces of fruit, while chocolate usually does not. Both strawberry and chocolate ice-cream are delicious in a milkshake.

Which 2 things are being compared and contrasted?

• ice-cream and chips

• vanilla and chocolate ice-cream

• strawberry and chocolate ice-cream

The wolf in Little Red Riding Hood wants to eat people. The wolf is The Three Little Pigs wants to eat animals. So, in both stories the wolf is hungry and wants to eat things he should NOT be eating.

• This is an example of comparing

• This is an example of being kind

• This is an example of contrasting

What type of story structure looks at similarities and differences in a text?

• sequence

• main idea

• fiction

• compare and contrast

The key word same means...

• contrast

• compare

• divide

• different

Differences and similarities of two or more things are discussed

• Cause and Effect

• Descriptive

• Compare and Contrast

• Sequence/Process

_{^{What two things are being compared in this picture?}}

• apples and oranges

• grapes and bananas

What skill is used in this paragraph?

• Compare and Contrast

• Sequence

• Problem and Solution

• Cause and Effect

What does it mean to compare/contrast?

• to tell what is alike and what is the same.

• to tell what is different

• to tell us what is the same.

• to tell what is alike and what is different.