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WorksheetsCompare and Contrast Writing
Total questions: 11
Worksheet time: 16mins
Before you write a compare and contrast essay, you should, ________.
choose one difference between the items that is most important
pick which item is better
revise your essay using a flow chart
pre-write for your essay using a Venn diagram
What does it mean to compare things?
look at differences
look at similarities
look at similarities and differences
What does it mean to contrast?
To tell what is alike and what is the same.
To tell what is different.
To tell what is the same.
To tell what is alike and what is different.
A teacher and a doctor both work with people every day.
The teacher works with children at the school.
The doctor sees patients at the hospital.
How are a teacher and doctor ALIKE?
They work with children.
They work in hospitals.
They work with many people.
What does it mean to compare and 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.
Frogs and toads can live in the water and on the land. They both catch food with long, sticky tongues. They eat insects and small animals. You can tell them apart by their bodies. Frogs have long, strong back legs and thin, moist skin. Toads have shorter back legs and drier skin.
What two things are we comparing?
legs and twigs
frogs and toads
cats and dogs
When comparing, what words should you look for (select all that apply)
in the same way
like
as well
but
when contrasting, what words should you look for (select all that apply)
but
in contrast
however
likewise
