Multiple Accounts, Compare & Contrast

How are two stories about the same thing similar and different?

• Both stories will tell completely different things

• The differences are only in the words used in the stories

• The similarities are only in how the story is understood

• Both stories may tell some of the same things, but they might be different in how they explain, focus on, and see the event.

How can you tell what two characters in a story think and feel differently?

• By not paying attention to what they do or say

• By only looking at how they look

• By asking other characters what they think

• By looking at what they do, say, think, and how they talk to other characters.

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Explain how two different stories about the same thing from the past might have different views.

• Because of favoritism, where they come from, their own experiences, and what they know

• The thing happened in different places

• Different weather when the thing happened

• Using different languages to talk about the thing

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How can you tell if two writers feel differently about the same thing?

• See if they wrote the same number of paragraphs

• Look at their arguments, facts, how they think, their tone, words, and how they use language tricks.

• Compare how long their articles are

• Look at the size and style of their letters

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Explain how you would look at the stories of two different people in a real story.

• You would look at their favorite foods and games

• You would look at their star signs and where they were born

• You would look at their clothes and hair colors

• You would look at their backgrounds, what they think, and how their stories affected them, looking for things that are the same and different.

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When looking at a historical event, a first hand account is more accurate than a second hand account.

• True

• False

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Which one of these is NOT an example of a first hand account.

• A diary entry from a person that was there when it happened.

• An interview with a person that was at an event.

• An autobiography about the person that was at an event.

• A biography written in 2023 about a person that lived in the 1700's.

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Is this a first hand or second hand account:

I couldn't believe my eyes. The car jumped the curb and took flight. I would say I watched it hang in the air for at least ten seconds before it crashed into the ground. I was really scared.

• First Hand

• Second Hand

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Is this a first hand or second hand account:

The accident occurred at 4:15pm on Thursday January 15. One of the witnesses said that the car hung in the air forever before it hit the ground and crashed. Anyone watching this must have been really scared.

• First Hand

• Second Hand

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All events impact people the same way.

• True

• False

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