Compare
HOW THINGS ARE ALIKE
When you compare two or more
things, you show how they are
alike, or similar.
Examples of Opening Statements
• There are several ways that ___ and ____
are alike.
• ___ and ____ have several things in
common.
• ____ and ____ are alike in several ways.
• ____ and ____ are alike because _____.
Examples of How to Bring a
Conclusion to a Comparison
• Both like to ___
• Both seem to ___
• They agree. Neither one likes it.
• Each has ___.
• Neither is ____.
• Both contain ____.
Signal Words and Phrases
alike
along the same lines
also
at the same time
and
as
as well as
both
by the same token
can be compared
comparable
comparatively
compare
correspondingly
each
equal, equally
even
in common
in comparison
In like manner
in the same manner
in the same way
in similar fashion
just as
just like
least
less than
like
likewise
more than
most important
neither
resemble
same
same as
share
similar
similar to
similarly
so too
the same
the same as
too
twin
Examples of Statements that
Compare
• First, they both have _____.
• Second, they both have ____.
• Another way they are alike is
_____.
• One thing they both have in
common is that they ____.
• Just like ____, ____ rode the bus
to school every day.
• ____ and ____ have an equal
position on the issue.
• Neither one believes that ___.
• Both twins have brown hair and
brown eyes.
• That is the best band I have ever
seen.
• He is the funniest person in our
class. (Quality, best/better)
• I have as many issues as her.
• She is as tall as her sister. (Height,
short/tall)
• Dogs are usually friendlier than
cats. (Compare sentences talk
about the same adjective.)
• Renee is wiser than Deb.
• Music is as important to Justin as
reading is to Deb. (Hobbies,
music/reading)
HOW THINGS ARE ALIKE
When you compare two or more
things, you show how they are
alike, or similar.
Examples of Opening Statements
• There are several ways that ___ and ____
are alike.
• ___ and ____ have several things in
common.
• ____ and ____ are alike in several ways.
• ____ and ____ are alike because _____.
Examples of How to Bring a
Conclusion to a Comparison
• Both like to ___
• Both seem to ___
• They agree. Neither one likes it.
• Each has ___.
• Neither is ____.
• Both contain ____.
Signal Words and Phrases
alike
along the same lines
also
at the same time
and
as
as well as
both
by the same token
can be compared
comparable
comparatively
compare
correspondingly
each
equal, equally
even
in common
in comparison
In like manner
in the same manner
in the same way
in similar fashion
just as
just like
least
less than
like
likewise
more than
most important
neither
resemble
same
same as
share
similar
similar to
similarly
so too
the same
the same as
too
twin
Examples of Statements that
Compare
• First, they both have _____.
• Second, they both have ____.
• Another way they are alike is
_____.
• One thing they both have in
common is that they ____.
• Just like ____, ____ rode the bus
to school every day.
• ____ and ____ have an equal
position on the issue.
• Neither one believes that ___.
• Both twins have brown hair and
brown eyes.
• That is the best band I have ever
seen.
• He is the funniest person in our
class. (Quality, best/better)
• I have as many issues as her.
• She is as tall as her sister. (Height,
short/tall)
• Dogs are usually friendlier than
cats. (Compare sentences talk
about the same adjective.)
• Renee is wiser than Deb.
• Music is as important to Justin as
reading is to Deb. (Hobbies,
music/reading)