Writing a Comparison and Contrast

Comparison/Contrast Chart
Directions: Write the titles and main-character names from
two stories, and identify the problem each character faces.
Follow the directions in the first column to complete the chart.
Story title
and character
Problem
Ways the
characters
efforts to solve
problems are
similar
Ways the
characters
efforts to solve
problems
are different

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How well does

each solve the
problem?

Write a possible topic sentence for your paper.

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Writing a Comparison and Contrast

Comparison/Contrast Chart

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Directions: Write the titles and main-character names from

two stories, and identify the problem each character faces.
Follow the directions in the first column to complete the chart.
Story title
and character

Going with the Flow

Mark

Kate Shelley: Bound

for Legend
Kate

Problem

Not fitting in at a
new school

Saving lives in a
storm

Ways the
characters
efforts to solve
problems are
similar

Mark tries to solve

his problem alone.

Kate has to go out

alone to save lives.

He doesnt think
he can stay at the
school.

She sometimes
doubts she can get
help in time.

Ways the
characters
efforts to solve
problems
are different

Mark feels like

leaving rather than
trying.

Kate decides she

must help, despite
danger.

He reacts to other
people, not acting
first.

She acts boldly, not

waiting for others.

How well does

each solve the
problem?

His problem is
personal.

She is saving other

people, not herself.

He begins to fit in
at the end, but the
problem isnt 100%
solved.

Kate saves the men,

gains fame, but
becomes ill.

Write a possible topic sentence for your paper.

Mark,
in Going with the Flow, and Kate Shelley solve
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problems,
but Kate acts more boldly to help others.
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Two Characters with Different Problems

Mark, in Going with the Flow, and Kate Shelley
both have intresting problems, but Kate is more bold.
Mark doesnt fit in at his new school, he is the only deaf
student. Kate must go in a storm and a flood to rescue men
in a river. Both characters act alone, and both later get help.
Mark and Kate are different. She bravely went to help.
Mark wants to leave his problem. She saves other people, not
worrying about her own problems. Mark does. His problem is

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part solved. However, Kate suceeds. The mens lives are saved.

Comparison/Contrast Draft

Two Characters with Different Problems

Mark, in Going with the Flow, and Kate Shelley both
face
acts
have intresting problems, but Kate is more bold. Mark doesnt
fit in at his new school, he is the only deaf student. Kate
travel
must go in a storm and a flood to rescue men in a river. Both
characters act alone, and both later get help.
but
Mark and Kate are different. She bravely went to help.
,
Mark wants to leave his problem. She saves other people, not
as
worrying about her own problems. Mark does. His problem is
,

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part solved. However, Kate suceeds. The mens lives are saved.

Comparison/Contrast Revise

Two Characters with Different Problems

Mark, in Going with the Flow, and Kate Shelley both
face interesting
acts
boldly
have intresting problems, but Kate is more bold. Mark doesnt
fit in at his new school, he is the only deaf student. Kate
.
travel
must go in a storm and a flood to rescue men in a river. Both
characters act alone, and both later get help.
goes
but
Mark and Kate are different. She bravely went to help.
,

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Mark wants to leave his problem. She saves other people, not
as
worrying about her own problems. Mark does. His problem is
,
partly
succeeds
part solved. However, Kate suceeds. The mens lives are saved.

Comparison/Contrast Edit

Two Characters with Different Problems

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Mark, in Going with the Flow, and Kate Shelley both face
interesting problems, but Kate acts more boldly. Mark doesnt
fit in at his new school. He is the only deaf student. Kate
must travel in a storm and a flood to rescue men in a river.
Both characters act alone, and both later get help.
Mark and Kate are different. She bravely goes to help, but
Mark wants to leave his problem. She saves other people, not
worrying about her own problems, as Mark does. His problem
is partly solved. However, Kate succeeds. The mens lives are
saved.

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