Compare and Contrast Showing Similarities and Differences in your writing

Compare  SHOWS what is the same about two or more things.

Oranges and Bananas  You eat both of them.  They are both fruits.  You have to peel both of them.

Contrast  SHOWS what is different about two or more things.

Oranges and Bananas  Oranges are orange.  Bananas are yellow.  Oranges are round.  Bananas are long.  Oranges have seeds.  Bananas don’t have seeds.

Venn Diagrams You KNOW and LOVE them ; A great way to organize your thoughts when you are comparing and contrasting two things. In the middle you put how the two objects are alike. On the sides you put how the objects are different.

Example Venn Diagram have seeds orange round fruit can eat it have to peel it yellow long doesn’t have seeds

What are we asked to do when we compare and contrast? You may be asked to compare/contrast: –ARTICLES/STORIES/POEMS; –AUTHORS’ POINTS OF VIEW; –OBJECTS; –OPINIONS; –PLACES; –EVENTS (historical to present and vice versa); –IDEAS;

What do compare/contrast questions look like? How do I know if I am being asked to compare/contrast something? Compare/Contrast questions have key words in them, like: COMPARE WORDSCONTRAST WORDS -LIKE -HAVE IN COMMON -SAME -AS WELL AS -BOTH THE SAME AS -SIMILAR -IN THE SAME WAY -MOST IMPORTANT -SIMILARILY -AS -TOO -ALTHOUGH -WHEREAS -HOWEVER -WHILE -DIFFER -UNLESS -UNLIKE -CONTRARY TO -EVEN THOUGH -YET -ON THE OTHER -HAND -BUT -THE REVERSE -INSTEAD -ON THE CONTRARY

Review COMPARE = SIMILARITIES CONTAST = DIFFERENCES Organize ideas using a VENN DIAGRAM Use ONLY TEXT BASED DETAILS!!!

Now it’s your turn!!! Choose ONE of the pairs below to compare and contrast on your own using the Venn Diagram provided.  TWO SPORTS (i.e. baseball/track)  TWO SEASONS (i.e. spring/winter)  TWO PEOPLE (i.e. adults/children)  TWO OBJECTS (i.e. book/iPad)