Compare and Contrast Characters

Choose the correct answer...

• A

• B

• C

The New Scooter

Matt put on his helmet. He stepped onto his new scooter. The red metal

shone in the sun. Matt rode his scooter around the park. The scooter moved

really fast. Matt smiled. He loved his new scooter!

Matt's friend Evan ran up. "Matt, can I ride your scooter?" Evan asked.

"No way," Matt said. "It's new. I don't want to share it." Matt rode his scooter

some more. Then he got bored. He looked around the park. Evan was

playing with a toy plane. "Hey Evan," Matt said. "Can I try your plane?"

"Sure," Evan said. He handed the plane to Matt.

Matt suddenly felt bad. He did not share his scooter with Evan. But Evan

shared his plane with Matt.

"Sorry I didn't share my scooter before," Matt said.

"No problem," Evan said. "Come on, let's try the plane."

What word best completes the Venn diagram?

• ugly

• kind

• selfish

• friendly

What does it mean to contrast?

• To look at what is different

• To look at what is the similar, or the same

Cinderella is kind and helpful, while her sisters are cruel and demanding. This sentence is...

• Comparing the sisters qualities

• Contrasting the sisters qualities

Cinderella is sweet and her stepsisters are cruel. How are Cinderella and her step-sisters different?

• Cinderella and her stepsisters want to marry the prince.

• The stepsisters are nice and Cinderella is mean.

• Cinderella is kind, but her stepsisters are not.

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.

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

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

• sequence

• fiction

• main idea

• compare and contrast

When comparing and contrasting, you should ________.

• write similarities in the overlapping section of a Venn diagram

• write similarities in the arrows of a flow chart

• write differences in the overlapping sections of a Venn diagram

• skip pre-writing and begin writing the essay right away