Intro to Compare & Contrast

Texts compare and contrast to...

• explain what is the same about two or more topics.

• explain what is the difference about two or more topics.

• explain what is the same AND what is different about two or more topics.

Is this example comparing or contrasting glasses and braces?

• comparing

• contrasting

Is this example comparing or contrasting glasses and braces?

• comparing

• contrasting

Organize these options into the right categories

Groups:

(a) Comparing Signal Words

,

(b) Contrasting Signal Words

• likewise

• also

• yet

• differ

• however

• similar to

True or False: Any similarities between two topics are written in the middle, overlapping circles of a Venn diagram while the differences are written in the outside, not overlapping circles of the diagram.

• True

• False

True or False: I need to use signal words as well as text evidence to compare and contrast two or more topics.

• False

• True