Compare and Contrast
What are you doing when you compare?
Find similarities
Do they mean the same?
I bought a stamp at the post office.
They always stamp their feet at the pep rallies.
No
Name one compare clue word.
like, both, similar, also, etc.
This text structure describes
Description
First step when taking a reading test
Read the headings and subheadings
What do you do when you contrast?
She could sense that I was upset.
Hearing is an important sense.
No
Name one contrast clue word.
but, although, while, instead, yet, differ, unless
This text structure tells events in order
Sequence
Second step when taking a reading test
Read the questions and underline key words/phrases
What can you draw to help you identify differences and similarities.
Replace the italicized word in the sentence with another that means the same.
We had a major problem when the bus broke down.
serious
Frogs vs. Fish
Write a complete sentence using one compare clue word.
Answers vary
This text structure explains how things are alike and different
compare and contrast
Third step when taking a reading test
Answer the questions as you read
In a venn diagram, you write about _________ in the place where the circles overlap.
similarities
Replace the italicized word in the sentence with another word that means the same.
In science, you test to find the effect of your experiment.
result
Dogs vs. Cats
Write a complete sentence using one contrast clue word.
Answers vary
Problem/Solution
Last step when taking a reading test
Finish answering all the questions and check
In a venn diagram, you write about _________ in the places where the circles do not overlap.
differences
Replace the italicized word in the sentence with another that means the same.
It took five men to heave the statue up a ramp.
haul, lift, hoist
Write two sentences comparing and contrasting flowers and weeds. Use clue words.
Answers will vary
This text structure explains why something happened
cause and effect
What is the difference between explicit questions and questions that require you to infer?
explicit questions- the answer can be found written in the text or passage
infer questions- your answer is based off what you've read and your overall perspective