Compare and ContrastTo compare means to look at how two or more things are similar.
To contrast means to look at how to or more things are different. When readers are able to find differences and/or similarities while they are reading, it helps them to organize new information with what they already know. Clue words such as like and as can show similarities. Clue words such as however and instead can show differences. A helpful graphic organizer that can be used to visually represent similarities and differences is a Venn-diagram. It is made of two or more circles where the overlapping parts represent what is similar about two or more topics. |
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