Compare & Contrast

Academic

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Compare and contrast knowledge gained from experience with knowledge gained from books. In your opinion, which source is more important? Why? se speci!ic reasons
It has been said that, Not everything learned is contained in books. and e"amples to support your answer.

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$tudents at universities o!ten have a choice o! places to live. %hey may choose to live in university dormitories, or they may choose to live in apartments in the community. Compare the advantages of living in university housing with the advantages of living in an apartment in the community. Where would you pre!er to live? &ive reasons !or your pre!erence.
Some people think that children should begin their formal education at a very early age and should spend most of their time on school duties. Others believe that young children should spend most of their time playing. Compare these two views. Which view do you agree with? Why?
Some high schools require all students to wear school uniforms. Other high schools permit students to decide what to wear to school. Which o! these two school policies do you think is better? se speci!ic reasons and e"amples to support your opinion

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Living and thinking

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Some people prefer to plan activities for their free time very carefully. Others choose not to make any plans at all for their free time. *ompare the bene!its o! planning !ree+ time activities with the bene!its o! not making plans. Which do
you pre!er , planning or not planning !or your leisure time? se speci!ic reasons and e"amples to e"plain your choice.

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Some people prefer to spend time with one or two friends. .thers choose to spend time with a large number o! !riends. *ompare the advantages o! each choice. Which o! these two ways o! spending time
do you pre!er? se speci!ic reasons to support your answer.

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Some people trust their first impression about a persons character because they believe these judgments are
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generally correct. .ther people do not 0udge a person1s character 2uickly because they believe !irst impressions are o!ten wrong. *ompare these two attitudes. Which attitude do you agree with? $upport your choice
with speci!ic e"amples. 3. $ome people believe that the best way of learning about life is by listening to the advice of family and friends. .ther people believe that the best way o! learning about li!e is through personal e"perience. *ompare the advantages o! these two di!!erent ways o! learning about li!e. Which do you think is pre!erable. se speci!ic e"amples to support your pre!erence. 5ou need to travel !rom your home to a place (6miles 7-( kilometers8 away. *ompare the di!!erent kinds o! transportation you could use. ell which method of travel you would choose. &ive speci!ic reasons !or your choice. !our friend has received some money and plans to use all of it either" #a$ o go on vacation% and #b$ o buy a car. 5our !riend has asked you !or advice. *ompare your !riend1s two choices and e"plain which one you think your !riend should choose. se speci!ic reasons and details to support your choice. %he government has announced that it plans to build a new university. $ome people think that your community would be a good place to locate the university. *ompare the advantages and disadvantages o! establishing a new university in your community. se speci!ic details in your discussion. &hen people move to another country' some of them decide to follow the customs of the new country. Others prefer to keep their own customs. Compare these two choices . Which one do your pre!er? $upport your answer with speci!ic details.

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Social issues (environment, natural disasters, etc.) 11.

Culture 1#.