Compare and Contrast

Compare and contrast is something we use everyday.  It is when we look at the similarities or the differences between two things.  The things we look at and compare could be anything.  They could people, places, objects, anything that can be compared to anything else.

Here are  some of the tools we use to compare and contrast.  Analogy, we use analogies all the time.  An analogy is when a person uses something familiar to describe something else.  The next tool is subject by subject.  This is when you look at subject A and everything subject A is.  And then you look at subject B and everything subject B is. And then you look at the similarities and differences of A and B relative to each other.  The last tool is point by point.  This is when you look at subject A  and then look at point A.  And then you look at subject B and point A as well.  Then you compare the two to see the similarities and differences.