Compare

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Compare Contrast
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Comparing

• How something is the same or similar.

How are a pencil and a piece of chalk the same?
You use both to write with.
They are both long and round.
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Contrast

• How something is different.

Pencil
Used to write on paper.
Color is black.
Chalk
Used to write on a black board.
Color is white
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Using a Venn Diagram
Different
Different
Alike
Chalk
Pencil
Used to write
Used on paper
blackboard
long and round
black
white
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Comparing Contrasting

• Reading a paragraph about two or more things can
  be confusing.

You can sort out the information by looking to
see how they are the same and how they are
different.
Doing this can help you understand what you are
reading.
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Sharks

• The great white shark lives in the deep, cold
  seas. It will attack large animals such as sea
  lions. The bull shark lives mostly in shallow
  waters. It is sometimes found in rivers. These
  sharks are both very good swimmers and hunters.
  Both kinds of sharks have lots of teeth.

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Sharks

• This paragraph compares

and
the bull shark.
The great white shark
Comparing
very good
What kind of swimmer are both sharks?
How many teeth do these sharks have?
lots of teeth
Contrasting
deep, cold seas
Where does the great white shark live?
Where does the bull shark live?
shallow waters
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Venn Diagram
Alike
Bull shark
Great white shark
Very good swimmers
Deep, cold seas
Shallow water
Lots of teeth
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Fox Facts

• An animals home often affects how that animal
  looks. A fox that lives in the cold Arctic has
  thick fur. The fur of the Arctic fox is reddish
  brown in summer but white in winter. A kit fox
  lives in the desert. There the temperatures are
  much warmer. The kit fox stays the same brown
  color all year. It has bigger ears than an Arctic
  fox. Both kinds of foxed hunt small animals.

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Check your answers

• How are the foxes alike?

C. They hunt small animals for food.
How are the foxes different?
A. The kit has bigger ears.
Another way the foxes are different
The Arctic foxs fur changes color in the winter.