ELA21.4.18a

English Language Arts (2021) Grade(s): 4

Compare means tell how things are alike or similar, and contrast means tell how things are different.
A firsthand account can be told by someone who was personally present at the event or has personal experience with the topic.
A secondhand account can be told by someone who received information about an event or topic from someone with firsthand experience.

Compare and contrast firsthand and secondhand accounts of the same event or topic.
Describe the differences in focus and the information provided in firsthand and secondhand accounts.

Information a reader gets in a text is impacted by the source of the information.