• HOMONYMS• DEGREE OF INTENSITY(HOW
MUCH)• OBJECT/ADJECTIVE
• VERB TENSE• CAUSE/EFFECT
• RHYME
Analogies
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Importance of Analogies
• Analogies test the ability to reason with words and recognize relationships between ideas.
• Solving analogies promotes critical thinking, vocabulary, and an ability to identify associations.
Strategies for Solving AnalogiesTo solve analogies, do the following:
1-Read the analogy slowly and concentrate on the words.
2-Look for the relationship between the pairs of words. Ask yourself-How are the words similar? How are they different? What is the “connection” between them?
3-Use the words of the analogy in a logical “test” sentence.
Example- lawyer : client :: _________________
A. money : bank
B. forest : squirrel
C. doctor : patient
D. plumber : sink
Analogies
An analogy compares two pairs of words that are related in the same way.
GIFT:JOY::RAIN:FLOOD
This is an analogy because gift and joy go together in the same way that rain and flood go together.
HOW TO READ THIS ANALOGY
“Gift is to joy as rain is to flood.”
hear : here :: weigh: way
Can you explain how they are related?
HOMONYMS
right : write :: meet: _____
Complete this analogy.
Explain why your answer is correct.
right : write :: meet: meat
meat is a correct answer because
meat is a homonym for meet.
Solve these analogies by adding Homonyms.
1.aid : aide :: heir : _____
2.eight : ate :: beet : _____
3. fur : fir :: dear : _____
4. no : know :: flour : _____
5.bare : bear :: sent : _____
Solutions
1.aid : aide :: heir : air
2.eight : ate :: beet : beat
3. fur : fir :: dear : deer
4. no : know :: flour : flower
5.bare : bear :: sent : cent
poke : stab :: damp : soakedPoke and stab go together because they both explain a degree of intensity. Same with damp and soaked.
DEGREE OF INTENSITY
cut : wound :: flame : _____
Complete this analogy.
Explain why your answer is correct.
cut : wound :: flame: inferno
Inferno is correct
because inferno is
a degree of flames or fire.
Solve these degree of intensity analogies.
1. sleeping : coma :: giggle :_____
2. whisper : scream :: harmful : _____
3.warm: hot :: cool :_____
4.helpful : doting :: hungry : _____
5.drizzle: pour :: afraid : _____
Solutions
1. sleeping : coma :: giggle :laugh
2. whisper : scream :: harmful : deadly
3.warm: hot :: cool : frozen
4.helpful : doting :: hungry : starving
5.drizzle: pour :: afraid : terrified
sandpaper : rough :: wool : itchy
Can you explain how they are related?
OBJECT/ADJECTIVE
silver : shiny :: burps : _____
Complete this analogy.
Explain why your answer is correct.
silver : shiny :: burps : stinky
stinky is correct
because it is the
adjective that
describes burps.
Solve these analogies by finding the missing adjcetive.
1. troll : hairy :: ghost : _____
2. snow : white :: coal : _____
3.moms : caring :: glass : _____
4.grass : green :: flamingos : ____
5.strawberries : sweet :: lemons : ____
Solutions
1. troll : hairy :: ghost : scary
2. snow : white :: coal : black
3.moms : caring :: glass : smooth
4.grass : green :: flamingos : pink
5.strawberries : sweet :: lemons : sour
Ate and eat go together because ate is the past tense of eat. Broken and braking go together because broken is the past tense of braking.
VERB TENSE
ate : eat :: broken : braking
took : taken :: drinking : ____
Complete this analogy.
Explain why your answer is correct.
took : taken :: drinking : drank
Drank is correct because it is the past tense of drinking.
Solve these analogies by looking at the verb tense.
1.going : gone :: pour : ____
2.burn : burnt :: buy : ____
3.win : won :: sing : ____
4.climb : climbed :: falling : ____
5. talk : talked :: bring: ____
Solutions
1.going : gone :: pour : poured
2.burn : burnt :: buy : bought
3.win : won :: sing : sung/sang
4.climb : climbed :: falling : fell
5. talk : talked :: bring: brought
election : voting :: mosquitos : bumps
Election and voting go together because a elections cause voting. Mosquitos and bumps also go together because mosquitos cause bumps.
CAUSE/EFFECT
flood : damage :: study: ____
Complete this analogy.
Explain why your answer is correct.
flood : damage :: study : knowledge
Knowledge is correct because it is the effect of
studying.
Solve these analogies by look at the cause and effect..
1. theft: getting arrested :: sun : ____
2.exercise : get in shape :: cut : ____
3.meeting : boredom :: amusement park : ____
4.not eating : starving :: over eating : ____
5. 150 question tests : stress:: joke : ____
Solutions
1. theft: getting arrested :: sun : daylight
2.exercise : get in shape :: cut : bleed
3.meeting : boredom :: amusement park : fun
4.not eating : starving :: over eating : sickness
5. 150 question tests : stress:: joke : laughter
boss : toss :: deer : stearSpider and web go together because a spider is an animal and a web is its habitat. Bird and nest also go together because a bird is an animal and a nest is its habitat.
RHYME
fall : small :: scare : ____
Complete this analogy.
Explain why your answer is correct.
fall : small :: scare : tear
Tear is correct
because it rhymes
with scare.
Solve these analogies by adding a habitat.
1. buy : lie :: cool : ____
2. cattle : battle :: cunning : ____
3. kick : stick :: house : ____
4. read : speed :: retractable: ____
5. mellow : yellow :: beheaded: ____
Solutions
1. buy : lie :: cool : pool
2. cattle : battle :: cunning : running
3. kick : stick :: house : mouse
4. read : speed :: retractable: distractible
5. mellow : yellow :: beheaded: unleaded
Sort these pairs of words into the three categories below.
Degree of IntensityHomonyms OBJECT/ADJECTIVE
sun : son pane : pain tan: brown lukewarm : boiling snow: cold steel : strong sandpaper : rough sirens: loud here : hear drizzle: downpour yell : scream
Sort these pairs of words into the three categories below.
Cause/effectVerb tense Rhyme
time : dime read : read nuke : puke gone : going talk back : ISI poke horse: get kicked study : pass test eat well : lose weight orange : door hinge fly : buy spun : spin
Review Questions
1. What is an analogy?2. Name six types of analogies.3. Give an example of each type.