Compare & Contrast
What does the word compare mean?
To find similarities.
What does sequence mean?
The order things happen
“First, boil the water. Then add the noodles.” Is this cause and effect?
No (That is sequence)
What are the 3 text structures we have been learning about?
Sequence, Compare & Contrast, Cause & Effect
What does the word contrast mean?
To find differences.
Which word does NOT belong: next, first, because, then?
Because
Which word is NOT usually used in a cause and effect text:
a) since
b) due to
c) next
c) next
How can a Venn diagram help you understand a compare and contrast text?
It shows what is the same and what is different
"Cats are quiet pets. Dogs are usually louder." Are we comparing or contrasting?
Contrasting
Put these in sequential order: Put on shoes, tie laces, put on socks.
Put on socks, put on shoes, tie laces
What does a cause and effect text structure show?
How one even causes another to happen
What word completes this sentence? “It was raining, ___ we used umbrellas.”
So
Which is NOT a keyword for a compare and contrast text structure?
a) like
b) in comparison
c) different
d) after
d) after
How can steps be connected in a sequence text structure?
a) chronological order
b) poetry
c) comparison
d) cause and effect
a) chronological order
What is a sample keyword for cause and effect text structures?
a) after
b) because
c) unlike
d) similarly
b) because
You read a story about a girl baking cookies. She mixes dough, puts it in the oven, and eats them. What text structure is being used?
Sequence
If an author wrote a comparison text that compared cats and dogs what connections might the text have within it?
a) The steps in the life cycle of a dog
b) similarities and differences between cats and dogs
c) The ways cats effect dogs
b) similarities and differences between cats and dogs
Create your own 3-step how-to about washing your hands
1) Turn on the water and wet your hands.
2) Add soap and scrub your hands.
3) Rinse your hands and dry them with a towel.
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What type of text would most likely use cause and effect:
a) a recipe
b) a science article about weather
c) a story about a dragon
b) a science article about weather
Cause: It is freezing outside
What is the effect?
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