TAKS Skill of the Day: Compare and Contrast

Finding out how two things are alike and different is to compare and to contrast. To compare is to look for similarities and find out how things are the same. To contrast is to look for differences and find out how things are not alike.

• Key words that indicate how things are the same: like, same as, more, similar, likewise.
• Key words that indicate things are different: unlike, in contrast to, different from, less, whereas, however.
• All persons, places, things and events can be compared and contrasted.