Comparing and COntrasting TExts

The author's attitude or perspective on a specific topic.

• Author's Viewpoint

• Autobiography

• Perspective

• Blog

This is the story of a person's life written by that person.

• Author's viewpoint

• Autobiography

• Blog

• Biography

When you look for similarities in two things you read, you ____ them.

• Compare

• Contrast

• Perspective

• Blog

This is a method of examining similarities and differences between two or more objects in a piece of work.

• Compare

• Contrast

• Compare and Contrast

• Memoir

When you look for differences in two things you have read, you ___ them.

• Compare

• Contrast

• Compare and Contrast

• Portray

A thing that happens, especially one of importance.

• Contrast

• Memoir

• Event

• Portray

This is an account of the personal experiences of an author.

• Author's viewpoint

• Autobiography

• Biography

• Memoir

A particular attitude toward or way of regarding something; a point of view.

• Author's viewpoint

• Blog

• Compare

• Perspective

What is the purpose of comparing and contrasting in a text?

• To emphasize the differences only

• To confuse the reader

• To identify similarities and differences between two or more subjects.

• To make the text longer

What are some signal words or phrases that indicate a comparison in a text?

• apple, banana, orange, grape

• big, small, tall, short

• like, similar to, different from, in contrast, on the other hand

• happy, sad, angry, excited