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WorksheetsCompare and Contrast Details
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 25mins
This type of text structure includes a comparison of how two or more people or things are alike and different.
compare and contrast
description
fact and opinion
problem and solution
A text written about how two or more people or things are alike or different
summarizes
compares
entertains
teaches
What kind of writing is the compare contrast essay?
narrative
expository
descriptive
persuasive
How many paragraphs is the entire compare contrast essay going to be?
3
2
5
4
Which of the following best describes the process of comparing?
Highlighting differences between two or more items.
Discussing only the unique features of one item.
Identifying similarities between two or more items.
Focusing on the individual characteristics without comparing.
Identify a key difference between a news report and an opinion piece on the same topic.
A news report presents facts without personal bias.
An opinion piece is always shorter than a news report.
A news report uses fictional examples to illustrate points.
An opinion piece is written without any references to real events.
Identify a key difference between historical fiction and non-fiction history books.
Historical fiction can include made-up characters or events.
Non-fiction history books include made-up characters or events.
Historical fiction is always set in the future.
Non-fiction history books are written as narratives.
Which of the following is a similarity between poetry and prose?
Poetry always rhymes.
Both can convey deep emotions and ideas.
Prose is written in paragraphs.
Poetry is written without rules.
What is a similarity between biographies and autobiographies?
Both are written by the subject of the book.
Both tell the life story of a person from birth to death.
Both are fictional accounts of a person's life.
Both are always written in third person.
Which of the following is a similarity between narrative and expository texts?
Both primarily aim to persuade the reader.
Both use characters, settings, and plots.
Both provide facts and information.
Both are structured around a central theme or idea.
What information needs to be included in the topic and closing sentences of the body paragraphs?
two subjects, words similar and different, and a point of comparison
words middle school, point of comparison, and two subjects
one subject, words similar and different, and two points of comparison
two subjects, words middle school, words similar and different
Why must you elaborate each similarity and each difference?
makes writing more interesting
makes writing easier to understand
makes the writer's hand hurt
makes the reader's eyes sore
Where should the transition sentence be within the body paragraphs?
first sentence
between each sentence
last sentence
between the similarities and differences
This type of text structure includes a comparison of how two or more people or things are alike and different.
compare and contrast
description
fact and opinion
problem and solution
A text written about how two or more people or things are alike or different
summarizes
compares
entertains
teaches
What kind of writing is the compare contrast essay?
narrative
expository
descriptive
persuasive
How many paragraphs is the entire compare contrast essay going to be?
3
2
5
4
Which of the following best describes the process of comparing?
Highlighting differences between two or more items.
Discussing only the unique features of one item.
Identifying similarities between two or more items.
Focusing on the individual characteristics without comparing.
Identify a key difference between a news report and an opinion piece on the same topic.
A news report presents facts without personal bias.
An opinion piece is always shorter than a news report.
A news report uses fictional examples to illustrate points.
An opinion piece is written without any references to real events.
Identify a key difference between historical fiction and non-fiction history books.
Historical fiction can include made-up characters or events.
Non-fiction history books include made-up characters or events.
Historical fiction is always set in the future.
Non-fiction history books are written as narratives.
Which of the following is a similarity between poetry and prose?
Poetry always rhymes.
Both can convey deep emotions and ideas.
Prose is written in paragraphs.
Poetry is written without rules.
What is a similarity between biographies and autobiographies?
Both are written by the subject of the book.
Both tell the life story of a person from birth to death.
Both are fictional accounts of a person's life.
Both are always written in third person.
Which of the following is a similarity between narrative and expository texts?
Both primarily aim to persuade the reader.
Both use characters, settings, and plots.
Both provide facts and information.
Both are structured around a central theme or idea.
What information needs to be included in the topic and closing sentences of the body paragraphs?
two subjects, words similar and different, and a point of comparison
words middle school, point of comparison, and two subjects
one subject, words similar and different, and two points of comparison
two subjects, words middle school, words similar and different
Where should the transition sentence be within the body paragraphs?
first sentence
between each sentence
last sentence
between the similarities and differences
