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Reading Skill: Compare and Contrast                                                                                                            Compare and contrast involves showing how two or
                                                                                                                                                     more people, places, or things are the same, similar
                                                                                                                                                     (compare), or different (contrast). This skill helps
                                                                                                                                                     readers remember information and identify the
                                                                                                                                                     similarities and the differences between people,
                                                                                                                                                     places, and things. It requires readers to look for
                                                                                                                                                     details within the passage.
   Complete the table showing the similarities and the differences with the correct words or phrases.



                                                                     Vincent van Gogh’s Paintings
















                            The Potato Eaters                               Sunflowers                                Self-Portrait                         The Starry Night


         Type                       Real Life                                  Still Life                            Self-Portrait                               Landscape


         Tone                          dark                                                                               bright


        Color                brown and black                           yellow and gold                                                        colorful



      Features           shows  real farmers                 .     influenced by  early                 .    shows his emotional                 . based on his memories                       .
                         after hard work                             Impressionists             .                 state         .                       of life       in Holland



                    colorful               self-portrait                     brown and black               his memories of life


                    still life                his emotional state          real farmers                       early Impressionists


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