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Compare and Contrast: Read the stories below and answer the questions that follow
Story 1
Mary has a little lamb. Its fleece was white as snow. And everywhere that Mary went the lamb was sure to go. It followed her to
school one day, which was against the rules. It made the children laugh and play to see a lamb at school.

Story 2
Micah has a cute black-and-white puppy named Bump. Bump follows Micah everywhere! Last week Bump even followed Micah
to school. Micah was sitting at his desk when Bump suddenly ran through the classroom doorway. All the other students were
excited to see the puppy, but Mr. Frankel insisted that Bump had to go home.

1. How are the animals different in the stories?

2. How are the students alike in both stories?

3. How are the two stories alike?

4. How are the settings of the two stories alike?

5. How are the two stories different?

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 Words and phrases that compare
• You can use these words and phrases to compare (tell similarities):

also

• as well as

• both

• in common

• in comparison

• like

• too

• same as

• similar

• similarly
 Words and phrases that contrast
•You can use these words or phrases to contrast (tell differences):

•as opposed to

•but ,contrary to

•differ, different from

•however

•on the other hand

•unlike

•while