Read the paragraph.

Question

Rats are like dogs in many ways, which makes them good pets. They can be trained like dogs. They also love to play.

Which sentence should come next in the paragraph to best maintain the compare-and-contrast text structure?

Both of them don’t take up a lot of space.
As well as they don’t take up a lot of space.
Instead, they don’t take up a lot of space.
However, they don’t take up a lot of space

Answer 1

The sentence that should come next to best maintain the compare-and-contrast text structure is:

"However, they don’t take up a lot of space."

This sentence introduces a contrast while still relating back to the previous sentences about rats and dogs being similar in many ways.