Compare and Contrast

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.

The key word similarly is…

• Compare

• Both

• Contrast

Which graphic organizer can be used for compare and contrast?

• Timeline
• Venn Diagram
• Flowchart
• T-Chart

The key word same…

• Contrast
• Compare

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.1.3

The key word different is…

• Contrast
• Compare

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

In which of the following situations could you compare and contrast?

• You are voting for class president and there are three students running

• You are writing an essay about which time period you’d rather live in: the 1980s or the 1880s.

• You are deciding what the major differences are between the first and last Harry Potter books.

• All of the above

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CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

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.

 Differences and similarities of two or more things are discussed 

• Cause and Effect
• Descriptive
• Compare and Contrast
• Sequence/Process

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CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

What does it mean to compare/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.

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CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.1.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.K.3