Compare and
Contrast
Compare
Tell how things are the same.
signal words
alike
both
similarly
too
also
The balls are round.
The balls are rotating.
The balls bounce.
The balls roll.
The balls have lines.
The balls are the same size.
Contrast
Tell how things are different.
signal words
different
such as yet
but
however
One ball is a basketball.
One ball is orange with black lines.
The lines go from the top to the bottom.
Long lines.
One ball is rough.
You dribble and throw a basketball into a basket.
The other ball is a soccer ball.
The other ball is white and black.
The other ball has black pentagons on it.
The white lines come out from the center of the pentagons and join the
next pentagon.
Short lines.
The other ball is smooth.
You kick a soccer ball into a goal.
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