Name__________________________________Date: _________ Pd. ___
Paragraph Frames for Common Text Structures
Compare/Contrast Paragraph Frame:
The person/place/thing (Name the topic) ____________________________
was both similar to and different from ______________________________.
It was similar to ________________________________ because
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and also when ________________________________________________.
In the text you can see this when __________________________________
and also when ________________________________________________.
The text ______________________________________ was different
from _______________________________ because _________________
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and also when ________________________________________________.
In the text you can see this when __________________________________
And also when ________________________________________________.
Overall, the two (Name the topic) people/places/things are more (Circle one)
alike/different than they are (Circle one) alike/different.