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Compare and Compare and Contrast Contrast

Compare and Compare and Contrast Contrast

Same and DifferentSame and Different

Compare

tell what is the same about two or more things

signal words = both, alike, similarly

Oranges and Bananas

You eat both of them.They are both fruits.You have to peel both of them.

Contrast

tell what is different about two or more things

signal words = unlike, different, on the other hand

Oranges and Bananas

Oranges are orange. Bananas are yellow.

Oranges are round. Bananas are long.

Oranges have seeds. Bananas don’t have seeds.

Venn Diagrams• It is a great way to organize your

thoughts when you are comparing and contrasting two things.

• In the middle you put how the two objects are alike.

• On the sides you put how the objects are different.

Organizing Your Venn Diagram

•have seeds

•orange

•round

•fruit

•can eat it

•have to peel it

•yellow

•long

•doesn’t have seeds

What can we compare and contrast?

• Books• People• Objects• Animals• Places• Music• Events

Review• Compare = same• Contrast = different• Organize ideas using a Venn

Diagram

Now it’s your turn!!!

Choose one of the pairs below to compare and contrast on your own using a Venn Diagram:

basketball and football (two sports) summer and winter (two seasons) fork and spoon (two objects)