Comparing Two Texts

What is one similarity between the two texts?

• Both have video games

• Both have food samples

• Both have 200 types of dolls

• Both offer a block building area

What is one similarity between the two texts?

• Both have more than toys

• Both have food samples

• Both have 200 types of dolls

• Both are located on Johnstown Road

What is one difference between the two texts?

• Only one is located on Johnstown Road

• Only one sells toys

• Only one has video games

• Only one has a block building area

______ both texts to see which text features are the same.

• Compare

• Contrast

• Infer

• conclude

how two ore more topics or ideas are similar or different

• sequence

• descriptive

• cause and effect

• compare and contrast

How are the 2 passages similar?

• They are both about a feather

• They are both about disobedient children.

• They are both about a blessing in disguise

• They have nothing in common

_______ both texts to identify the differences between each author’s argument.

• Compare

• Contrast

• Conclude

• Interpret

Use both "Young Leonardo" and "Leonardo's Horse" to answer the following question:

One similarity between "Young Leonardo" and "Leonardo's Horse" was that both passages-

• shared the relationship between Leonardo and his family

• discussed Leonardo's ability to sculpt a horse

• showed that Leonardo was both an inventor and an artist

• detailed his construction of major works of art

When comparing and contrasting 2 texts, one should discuss the similarities and differences of...

• facts & details, author's tone and context clues

• facts & details, pop-out sentences and context clues

• facts & details, author's tone and text structure

• facts & details, citing evidence and context clues

In what ways are they alike? In what ways are they different?

• cause and effect

• compare and contrast

• sequence

• problem and solution