Compare

Compare and
and Contrast
Contrast
Showing Similarities and
Differences in your writing
 Compare

SHOWS what is the same

about two or more things.
Oranges and Bananas

You eat both of them.

They are both fruits.
You have to peel both of them.
 Contrast

SHOWS what is different

about two or more things.
 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

• You KNOW and LOVE them;

• 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.
Example Venn Diagram

•fruit •yellow
•have seeds
•can eat it •long
•orange
•have to •doesn’t have
•round
peel it seeds
What are we asked to do when
we compare and contrast?
You may be asked to compare/contrast:
– ARTICLES/STORIES/POEMS;
– AUTHORS’ POINTS OF VIEW;
– OBJECTS;
– OPINIONS;
– PLACES;
– EVENTS (historical to present and vice versa);
– IDEAS;
 What do compare/contrast
questions look like?
How do I know if I am being asked
to compare/contrast something?
• Compare/Contrast questions have key
words in them, like:
COMPARE WORDS CONTRAST WORDS
-LIKE -HAVE IN COMMON -ALTHOUGH -WHEREAS
-SAME -AS WELL AS -HOWEVER -WHILE
-BOTH THE SAME AS -DIFFER -UNLESS
-SIMILAR -UNLIKE -CONTRARY TO
-IN THE SAME WAY -EVEN THOUGH
-MOST IMPORTANT -YET -ON THE OTHER -HAND
-SIMILARILY -BUT -THE REVERSE
-AS -INSTEAD
-TOO -ON THE CONTRARY
 Review
• COMPARE = SIMILARITIES
• CONTAST = DIFFERENCES
• Organize ideas using a VENN
DIAGRAM
• Use ONLY TEXT BASED
DETAILS!!!
 Now it’s your turn!!!

Choose ONE of the pairs below to compare and

contrast on your own using the Venn Diagram
provided.

 TWO SPORTS (i.e. baseball/track)

 TWO SEASONS (i.e. spring/winter)
 TWO PEOPLE (i.e. adults/children)
 TWO OBJECTS (i.e. book/iPad)