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What is "compare"?
What is "compare"?
Compare means to find the similarities or what two things have in common. This can be considered patterns because the information is for multiple topics!
What is "contrast"?
What is "contrast"?
Contrast means to find the differences or how two things are unique. This can be considered details because the information is specific to one topic!
Both compare and contrast are used to understand two or more topics. Looking for patterns or similarities by comparing and details or differences by contrasting can deepen one's understanding of both topics and how they fit with the world around them.Â
Choose one set of topics below to compare and contrast!
Choose one set of topics below to compare and contrast!
Alexander and Asoka are both called "The Great" because of their massive empires and impact on the world. How did they conquer so much? What do they have in common? What are their major differences?
Both Ancient Greece and Ancient India practiced polytheism, or the belief in many gods. They have religions with lots of gods that have their own stories and different powers, but they also have a lot in common!
Religious laws are very important to many civilizations. Both Judaism and Buddhism developed their own laws for how to live and worship or practice their religion with some common ideas and some differences!
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