Compare and Contrast/Parts of Speech Test

Which kind of words are used to link ideas in a text?

• Illustrative words

• transition words

• Contrasting words

• Expressive words

To indicate the differences between things:

• Comparison & Contrast

• Comparison

• Linking Words

• Contrast

To identify the similarities between two or more things:

• Compare

• Contrast

• Evaluate

• Explain

To find the similarities and differences between two objects:

• evaluate

• differentiate

• compare & contrast

• examine

Match the following

• contrast

• the author list similarities between two animals

• transition words

• an author compares differences between a book and a film

• Compare

• A text tells how two places are alike and different

• compare and contrast

• words such as though, and however are used to connect ideas

Whales and dolphins both belong to the mammal class.

• Comparison

• Contrast

Elephants live in herds, while leopards are solitary animals.

• contrast

• compare

John has blue eyes, just like his father.

• compare

• contrast

Cats and spiders are both animals, but only cats are vertebrates.

• Compare

• Contrast

John and Mark have blue eyes and black hair.

• Compare

• Contrast