Compare/Contrast

What kinds of details should you pay attention to when writing a compare/contrast paper?

• The similarities found in each piece of text, film, video, group, etc.

• The different groups foods fit into

• The differences found in each piece of text, film, video, group etc.

• Both A and C.

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There are two main reasons that people use comparison and contrast.

1. To Explain--You might compare and contrast kinds of food, for instance, to help someone understand which foods need to be refrigerated and which can be stored a cabinet or in a bowl on the counter.

2. To Evaluate--You might compare and contrast kinds of food to show why one kind of food or brand of food is better than another. For example, apples are a better snack than butter.

Which piece of textual evidence, from above, supports the following statement: "Two reasons people might use compare and contrast are to compare and contrast one piece of text to another, or to compare and contrast which text is the best text for a reader or viewer."

• "To show what text is easier to read and which text is harder to read."

• "To explain and evaluate texts."

• To evaluate the best text or type of text should be used with students.

• To compare and contrast the best type of food to eat.

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When you choose items to compare and contrast, make sure that you choose items that have similarities.

You have to choose things that will make sense for comparison and contrast. For instance, it wouldn't make sense to compare a truck with crayons or crayons with a birdhouse.

Be sure to compare things that belong together. Compare crayons to pencils or pens, or compare trucks and cars.

When you are going to compare and contrast items, text, films, etc. what do you need to be sure you have?

• a video, a text, and a graphic organizer

• a partner to work with

• differences

• similarities

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When you compare items, you look for their similarities--the things that make them the same.

For example:

Apples and oranges are both fruit

They're both foods

Both are made into juice

Both grow on trees

What comparisons might you look for when comparing multiple versions of a story, film, or song? Check all boxes that answer this question.

• The Author, the lyrics, the music, and the video

• The characters, the plot, the lessons learned,

• The message conveyed in all texts, that actions and words of characters, and the setting

• opinions of others, what the teacher thinks, what Mrs. Dilbeck thinks

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When you contrast items, you look at their differences.

For example:

Apples are red. Oranges are orange. The fruits have different textures. Oranges need a warmer place to grow, like Florida. Apples can grow in cooler states, like Washington.

When looking at contrasting items you are looking for their

• similarities

• opposites

• differences

• unique qualities

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You probably use a comparison all the time. Maybe you want to buy some candy, so you go to the store and look at all of the candy that is available.

You can't buy all the candy, so you have to narrow down your choices.

You compare and contrast the different kinds of candy so that you can make your decision.

You can compare the kinds of cany by looking at the things that makes the candy alike.

All of these kinds of candy are sweet. none of them are sour.

All of these kinds of candy are medium sizes. None are big or small.

You can also look at the things that make the candy different.

Some of the candy is chocolate. Some are hard or soft candy. some of them have a filling and some do not. Some of the candy can be broken into smaller pieces while the others are harder to divide if you want to share.

Now it's time to make your decision. If you're in the mood for chocolate, you wouldn't choose the jelly beans or peppermint candy.

If you want to share the candy, one of the pieces that can be broken into smaller pieces would be better.

So you could decide on the plain chocolate candy because it was closest to what you wanted.

What is the key to comparing and contrasting information when you are faced with lots of choices?

• You should narrow down your choices to the most important information, or the absolute best items

• Just use all the information you have, or choose all the items you see

• Both A and D

• You need to break the items or texts into specific groupings or characteristics to be able to make an informed decision.

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Comparison and contrast are used in your writing to organize an individual paragraph as well as to organize entire papers. For instance, you might write a paper that compares a movie and a book about the same topic. In your paper, you can compare and contrast the movie and a book about the same topic. In your paper, you can compare and contrast the movie version with the book version.

What is the purpose of using comparison and contrast writing?

• To organize a paragraph

• To organize a paragraph

• To organize an individual paragraph and an entire paper

• To organize a paper about a book and a movie

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