Vocabulary
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A comparison tells how two things are _________.
ALIKE
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Is the sentence that tells the main idea of the paragraph
TOPIC SENTENCE
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What is a noun?
A NOUN IS THE NAME OF A PERSON, PLACE, OR THING...OR IDEA!
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Contrast tells how 2 things are __________.
DIFFERENT
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Give me a general topic sentence for a comparison paragraph about cookies and candy.
something like "COOKIES AND CANDY HAVE MANY SIMILARITIES."
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Name 3 prepositions
any of them!
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Closes and sums up an essay
CONCLUSION
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Name two "compare" words
similarly, also, and, too, same, etc.
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What is the purpose of compare/contrast words in an essay? They make our ideas __________ and more ___________. Will be lenient on this question.
TO MAKE IDEAS CLEARER AND MORE CONNECTED
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Is a group of sentences about one main idea
PARAGRAPH
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Give me 3 "contrast" phrases (or words)
in contrast, on the other hand, but, while, unlike, etc.
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Name the two steps we took in the planning stage of our essay.
NAMED CHARACTERISTICS ABOUT OUR TOPICS and CREATED A VENN DIAGRAM to organize our thoughts
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Leads into the main part of the essay
INTRODUCTION
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Where is the mistake? "Help!" The talking dog cried.
the T on "The" should not be capitalized since it follows a quotation and is not the name of the speaker
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Name everything that a thesaurus shows (3 things)
DEFINITIONS, SYNONYMS, ANTONYMS
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