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WorksheetsCOMPARISON AND CONTRAST
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 8mins
What is a compare and contrast exercise?
Tasks that require us to determine characteristics that two or more things have in common and ways in which they differ.
Exercises in which the speaker has a goal of convincing the audience to accept his or her point of view
A type of speech that uses descriptions, demonstrations, vivid detail, and definitions to explain a subject, person, or place the audience wants to understand
Words such as likewise, just as, and similarly are known as
illustration words
comparison words
contrast words
Words such as but, however, and on the other hand are know as
Definition words.
Cause and effect words.
Contrast words.
I'm so excited! I just bought a new house. It's so much ________________ than my old one.
Good
house
better
nosier
In the house next door to me, there are always strange renters. Last year the family never came out of their house and their curtains were always closed. I think they were afraid of robbers. This year the renters are even ______________. They have wild parties every night until 3am!
bad
more
better
worse
*House for rent, $500/mo, 2BR, 2BA, 3 blocks to shopping and schools, big yard.
*House for rent, $600/mo, 1BR, 1BA, washer/dryer, no buses, must have car, no pets.
The first house is in a more _______location
convenient
better
cheaper
bigger
Very young and very old people _____ one another in their dependence upon those around them
resemble
in the same way
better
In most Western cultures, it is considered normal to marry for love.____________ , in places where arranged marriages are the norm, it is assumed that love will follow marriage.
Likewise
But
However
He is quiet and shy,________ his sister is lively and talkative
Whereas
Despite
Although
You won´t be forgiven_______your apology
Despite
whereas
because
In which of the following situations could you compare and contrast?
You are voting for class president and there are three students running
You are writing an essay about which time period you’d rather live in: the 1980s or the 1880s.
You are deciding what the major differences are between the first and last Harry Potter books.
All of the above
Kelvin is writing about the Greek myths that he recently read. He describes how they each focus on a hero’s quest and how each hero is different. Kelvin is ________.
comparing Greek myths but not contrasting them
comparing Greek myths with Roman myths
comparing and contrasting Greek myths
not comparing or contrasting
When comparing and contrasting, you should ________.
write similarities in the overlapping sections of a Venn diagram
write differences in the overlapping sections of a Venn Diagram
write similarities in the arrows of a flow chart
skip pre-writing and begin writing the essay right away
If you’re comparing and contrasting three items, you ________.
can’t use a Venn diagram
only have to describe two of them
can add a third circle to your Venn diagram
can compare them without contrasting
What would you compare and contrast to respond to the following essay prompt?
"Compare and contrast mammals and reptiles. Discuss their life cycles, habitats and bodies."
mammals and reptiles
humans and insects
vertebrates
deserts and rainforests
Which of the following statements contrasts mammals and reptiles?
Humans are mammals.
Both mammals and reptiles are vertebrates.
Mammals are warm blooded while reptiles are cold blooded.
Mammals and reptiles can live in the same habitat.
Using ________ in your essay helps readers know when you're comparing and contrasting.
nouns
transition words
punctuation
prepositions
Which of the following words or phrases can be used to show a comparison?
On the other hand
Similarly
In contrast
While
Which of the following words or phrases could be used when contrasting?
Similarly
In Conclusion
On the other hand
Nonetheless
"The producers don't see the waste as their problems. It's the same with education."
Comparison
Contrast
Comparison & Contrast
Example
"If we think of students as products or data points, we misunderstand how education should be."
Comparison
Contrast
Comparison & Contrast
Concession
"Products, from screws to airplanes, have no opinions or feelings about how they are produced or what happens to them. People do."
Comparison
Contrast
Comparison & Contrast
Concession
"As with industrial farming, students and teachers alike are housed in conditions that inhibit their growth."
Comparison
Contrast
Comparison & Contrast
Concession
"Those who went to the right universities and came from the right families might take their place in government and colonial administration. I didn't do that."
Comparison
Contrast
Example
Concession
"Whereas the Mexican-Americans from the Chavez Ravine were given financial aid to relocate in the San Gabriel Valley, this type of aid is not provided nor proposed for the Native Americans in South Dakota."
Comparison
Contrast
Comparison & Contrast
Concession
"Just as the US Government used civic enhancements, such as the Dodger Stadium, as a pretext to relocate Mexican Americans in the Chavez Ravine, so too are politicians using civic enhancements (in terms of the pipeline) as a pretext to displace Native Americans."
Comparison
Contrast
Example
Concession
This one is tricky!
"Despite how far we think we've come in eliminating environmental racism, we in fact are perpetuating it in the case of the DAPL."
Comparison
Contrast
Conession
Example
"Unlike the elimination of the Chavez Ravine, social rights advocates are able to read between the lines and tell that the DAPL, whether intentionally or not, is a pretext for moving Native Americans out of their land."
Comparison
Contrast
Concession
None of the above
According to the paragraph, how are alligators and crocodiles alike?
