Compare and Contrast Informational Text

Which of the following is a difference between the two passages?

• The first passage discusses a specific animal, and the second passage discusses a group of animals.

• The first passage discusses a group of animals, and the second passage discusses a specific animal.

• The first passage discusses diet, and the second passage does not.

• The first passage discusses environment, and the second passage does not.

What is one difference between the passages?

• The first passage tells about events in chronological order; the second passage tells about causes and effects

• The first passage describes all trees; the second passage describes a particular type of tree

• The first passage describes forests in a postive way; the second passage describes forests in a negative way

• The first passage contains facts and explantations; the second passage tells about personal feelings

What text structure talks about the similarities and differences between two topics?

• Problem and Solution

• Compare and Contrast

• Chronological (sequential)

• Cause and Effect

PlayStation and Xbox are both gaming systems. However, PlayStation has been around longer than Xbox. Xbox offers more opportunities for online play. They are both leaders in the gaming industry. What text structure is being used?

• Problem and Solution

• Cause and Effect

• Compare and Contrast

• Chronological (sequential)

Comparing and contrasting information from two texts about the same topic helps readers to:

• Focus only on the facts presented in the first text.

• Understand the topic more deeply by noticing similarities and differences.

• Decide which author has a better writing style.

• Memorize the content of both texts more easily.

How can comparing and contrasting information in two texts about natural disasters help a reader?

• It can show which natural disaster is more dangerous.

• It helps the reader understand the similarities and differences between them.

• It proves that one author is better informed than the other.

• It encourages the reader to choose a side.

While oranges and lemons are both citrus fruits that grow on trees, they are different colors and have very different tastes.

• Order & Sequence

• Problem & Solution

• Descriptive

• Compare & Contrast

compare and contrast

• Gives information in time or date order.

• Tells ideas, events, or facts and what happens as a result of the ideas events or facts.

• Presents dilemma and how to solve it.

• Shows similarities and differences between two or more things.

When you ___________, you find ways things are different.

• summarize

• compare

• contrast

• none of these

A teacher wants you to explain the similarities and differences of air pollution and water pollution. You would use what text structure?

• Compare/Contrast

• Description

• Order & Sequence

• Cause & Effect