Compare and Contrast- Nonfiction

To compare means to tell how people, places or things are

• alike

• different

To contrast means to tell how people, places or things are

• alike

• different

Pick the graphic organizer used to compare and contrast.

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Polar bears are white. They live where it is cold. They are good swimmers. They like to eat fish, seals, and penguins.

Grizzly bears are brown. They hibernate when it gets cold. They are good swimmers. They like to eat fish, fruit, and vegetables.

Compare grizzly bears to polar bears.

• They both hibernate.

• They are the same color.

• They both are good swimmers.

• They both eat penguins and seals.

Polar bears are white. They live where it is cold. They are good swimmers. They like to eat fish, seals, and penguins.

Grizzly bears are brown. They hibernate when it gets cold. They are good swimmers. They like to eat fish, fruit, and vegetables.

Contrast grizzly bears to polar bears.

• Polar bears and grizzly bears are both brown.

• Polar bears are good swimmers but grizzly bears are not.

• Grizzly bears hibernate and polar bears do not.

• Grizzly bears eat fish and polar bears do not.

Frogs are a kind of amphibian that live in both the water and on land. Their skin is smooth and moist. They like to eat bugs like flies with their long tongues. They are great jumpers and swimmers.

Toads are a kind of amphibian that live mostly on land. Their skin is usually rough and bumpy. Toads like to eat bugs like flies with their long tongues. They are great jumpers but seldom swim.

Compare frogs and toads.

• They both mostly live in the water.

• They both eat flies.

• They both have smooth skin.

Frogs are kind of amphibian that live in both the water and on land. Their skin is smooth and moist. They like to eat bugs like flies with their long tongues. They are great jumpers and swimmers.

Toads are a kind of amphibian that live mostly on land. Their skin is usually rough and bumpy. Toads like to eat bugs like flies with their long tongues. They are great jumpers but seldom swim.

Contrast frogs and toads.

• A frog's skin is smooth and a toad's skin is bumpy.

• Frogs are amphibians and toads are reptiles.

• Toads eat bugs and frogs eat fish.

• Frogs are great jumpers and toads cannot jump.