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Reading Skill: Compare and Contrast






      Identify the similarities and the differences between three inventions.


                                                                                                           Compare and contrast involves showing how two or more people,
                                           Slinky                                                          things, places, etc. are the same (compare) or different (contrast). This
                                                                                                           skill helps the readers remember information and identify the
                                                                                                           similarities and differences between people, things, places, etc. It
                                                                                                           requires looking for details within a text.


                                               ⓑ
                                            ______                                         ⓐ Not an accident; plays music
                                                                                           ⓑ A toy; accidental invention;


                                                                                                  invented by a navy engineer
                                     ⓓ                                                     ⓒ A toy; accidental invention;


                                               ⓔ
                                            ______                                                invented by college students




                            ⓒ
                                                                   ⓐ
                         ______                                ______                      ⓓ Both accidents; both toys
                                                                                           ⓔ Enjoyed by people





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