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Associated Benchmark Skills
The Explorer Skills related to this benchmark are listed below with a definition and examples. To read more about the Florida Department of Education's Sunshine State Standards,
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Similar elements are items, events, or ideas that have qualities or characteristics that are the same or almost the same.
Authors sometimes compare the ways in which two things are similar.
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An author might compare the similar qualities of bananas and apples by describing that they are both fruits and healthy foods.
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Dissimilar elements are items, events, or ideas that have qualities or characteristics that are not the same.
Authors sometimes contrast the ways in which two things are dissimilar, or different.
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An author might contrast the dissimilar qualities of bananas and apples by describing the differences in their shapes and colors.
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