Comparison and Contrast

What is a compare and contrast exercise?

• Tasks that require us to determine characteristics that two or more things have in common and ways in which they differ.

• Exercises in which the speaker has a goal of convincing the audience to accept his or her point of view

• A type of speech that uses descriptions, demonstrations, vivid detail, and definitions to explain a subject, person, or place the audience wants to understand

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Words such as likewise, just as, and similarly are known as

• illustration words

• comparison words

• contrast words

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CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

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Words such as but, however, and on the other hand are know as

• Definition words.

• Cause and effect words.

• Contrast words.

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I'm so excited! I just bought a new house. It's so much ________________ than my old one.

• Good

• house

• better

• nosier

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In the house next door to me, there are always strange renters. Last year the family never came out of their house and their curtains were always closed. I think they were afraid of robbers. This year the renters are even ______________. They have wild parties every night until 3am!

• bad

• more

• better

• worse

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CCSS.L.3.1G

*House for rent, $500/mo, 2BR, 2BA, 3 blocks to shopping and schools, big yard.

*House for rent, $600/mo, 1BR, 1BA, washer/dryer, no buses, must have car, no pets.

The first house is in a more _______location

• convenient

• better

• cheaper

• bigger

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CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

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Very young and very old people _____ one another in their dependence upon those around them

• resemble

• in the same way

• better

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In most Western cultures, it is considered normal to marry for love.____________ , in places where arranged marriages are the norm, it is assumed that love will follow marriage.

• Likewise

• But

• However

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CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

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He is quiet and shy,________ his sister is lively and talkative

• Whereas

• Despite

• Although

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You won´t be forgiven_______your apology

• Despite

• whereas

• because

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