Compare or Contrast 1
Unlike sharks, goldfish can be bought at the pet store.
What is contrasting?
How are jaguars and leopards alike?
Accept all reasonable answers
Sam and Scott both bought new iPads last week.
What is both?
How are dogs and cats different?
Accept and reasonable answer
Winter is much colder that summer.
What is contrasting?
Angie has brown hair just like her mother.
What is comparing?
How are pumpkins and apples similar?
Accept all reasonable answers
Apples and oranges are similar because they are both fruits that grow on trees.
What is similar?
How are football and baseball different?
Accept all reasonable answers
Unlike birds, bats are nocturnal and hunt for food at night.
What is contrasting?
Owls and bats are both animals that can fly.
What is comparing?
Compare a bee and a butterfly.
Accept all reasonable answers
Reggie plays football; however, Steve plays basketball.
What is however?
Name one way that bats and birds are diferent.
Accept all reasonable answers
Jesse and Ray are both tall and slim.
What is comparing?
Frogs and toads are both amphibians.
Frogs have slimy skin and toads have dry skin.
How are frogs and toads alike?
Frogs and toads are both amphibians.
Auks and hawks are birds. They both fly and lay eggs.
Auks are black and white with short legs and webbed feet.
Hawks come in many colors and have long legs with share claws.
How are auks and hawks alike?
Auks and hawks are birds. They both fly and lay eggs.
Bill likes to read non-fiction books but Paul likes to read poetry.
What is but?
Hamsters and gerbils are both rodents that make good pets.
A gerbil plays all day and sleeps all night but a hamster sleeps during the day.
How are a hamster and a gerbil different?
A gerbil plays all day and sleeps all night but a hamster sleeps during the day.
Crocodiles and alligators both have strong teeth and jaws.
Crocodiles have a long skinny snout and alligators have short snouts.
How are crocodiles and alligators different?
Crocodiles have a long skinny snout and alligators have short snouts.
Emily and Jimmy are monsters. They both like to eat worms. Emily likes her worms fried. Jimmy likes his worms boiled. Both like worm sandwiches.
How are Emily and Jimmy similar?
Emily and Jimmy are both monsters and they both like to eat worms.
Natasha and Phillip are both monsters who burp fire. Natasha has set her house on fire five times. Phillip has set his house on fire three times.
How are Natasha and Phillip similar?
They are both monsters and they both burp fire.
Tom likes hot dogs while Kate prefers fried chicken.
What is while?
Trisha and Patty are monsters. Both get hiccups when they are scared. Trisha is scared of pretty flowers. Patty is scared of sweet kittens.
How are Trisha and Patty different?
Trisha is scared of pretty flowers and Patty is scared of sweet kittens.
Elise and Oscar are monsters who like to visit the public pool. Elise goes to the pool to swim. Oscar goes to the pool to eat pool toys.
How are Elise and Oscar different?
Elise goes to the pool to swim and Oscar goes to eat pool toys.