1. What’s similar? What’s different?
Comparison Contrast
What’s similar?
What’s different?

2. Compare Ms. Verge to Ms. Wilcox. ( Ms. Moore, Mr. Foster, or Mr. Levy)
Ms. Verge Ms. Wilcox
Compare Ms. Verge to Ms. Wilcox.
( Ms. Moore, Mr. Foster, or Mr. Levy)
Write your topic sentence of your paragraph.

3. What’s wrong with this topic sentence?
Ms. Verge is a middle age, female teacher who teaches 8th grade English Language Arts at Culver City Middle School.

4. What’s wrong with this topic sentence?
Both Ms. Verge and Ms. Wilcox are a middle aged, female teachers at Culver City Middle School;however, they differ in subject, organization, and expectations.
Although Ms. V and Ms. W are both teachers, they differ in organization and expectations.

5. Although Ms. Verge and Mr
Although Ms. Verge and Mr. Levy are similar in that they are teachers that use Canvas, the two differ in regards to subject, appearance, and personality.

6. Thesis
Although both Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass were of different races, the two were self taught, leaders in the U.S. government, and worked to end slavery.

7. Compare Lincoln and Douglass
Although Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass were of different races, they both were self educated and lost their mothers at a young age.

8. Although both Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass were of different races, both were self taught, lost their mothers at an early age, and grew up in poverty.

9. What’s wrong with this topic sentence?
Ms. Verge and Ms. Berberich have some similarities and some differences.

10. What’s wrong with this topic sentence?
Ms. Verge and Ms. Wilcox are middle aged women who teach at Culver City Middle School.

11. Sentence Starters that show comparison/contrast
Although
Even though
While

12. Although Ms. Verge and Ms
Although Ms. Verge and Ms. Wilcox are both teachers at CCMS, they differ in organization, subject matter, and manner of teaching.

13. Both Ms. Moore and Ms. Verge teach at CCMS, yet they specialize in different subjects. (compound)
Both Ms. Moore and Ms. Verge teach at CCMS; however, they specialize in different subjects. (conjunctive adv.)
Although Ms. V and Mr. L make sarcastic jokes, Ms. Verge’s jokes are funny.

14. Thesis Statement
Although Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglas are both_______________, the two differ in ______________, __________, and ___________.
Although AL and FD were both contemporaries, the two differ in regards to…..

15. Cue words for comparison/contrast
While, Although, Both
Comparison: likewise, similarly, while, both,
Contrast: however, nevertheless, despite, on the other hand, in contrast to,
on the contrary, contrary to…, conversely, rather, still

16. Conjunctive adverbs also however otherwise consequently indeed
Examples of Conjunctive Adverbs:
also however otherwise consequently indeed
similarly finally likewise then
Furthermore moreover therefore
hence
nevertheless
thus
nonetheless

17. subject
While both Lincoln and Douglass opposed slavery, Lincoln believed_____________ but Douglass believed______________.

18. While Lincoln and Douglass both opposed slavery, Lincoln was less impassioned; however, Douglass created an abolitionist newspaper and fought for the equal rights of all people, even women.

19. While/Although both Lincoln and Douglass were disapproving of slavery, Lincoln had a more passive perspective whereas Douglass was more demanding and passionate towards the abolition of slavery.

20. While/Although both Lincoln and Douglass disapproved of slavery, Lincoln believed slavery should be permitted since slaves were property; whereas, Douglass felt slavery needed to be abolished.

21. Slavery
Both Lincoln and Douglass denounce slavery in their speeches; however,

22. Both Lincoln and Douglass denounce slavery in their speeches; however, Douglass gives a more impassioned and inflamed oration since he has personal ethos, having endured years as a slave.