Working with Analogies Analogies test your ability to
Working with Analogies
Analogies test your ability to: • Recognize the relationship between the words in a word pair • Recognize when two word pairs display equal relationships
To complete an analogy you must be able to: • Select the answer containing words related to one another in most nearly the same way
Analogies look like this: Up: Down : : Over: Under Analogies sound like this: Up is to Down as Over is to Under
Analogy types: • • Synonyms/antonyms Part to Whole or Whole to Part Function/Use, Worker/Tool, Doer/Action Category/Type
Analogy types: • • Degree (size or intensity) Grammatical Relationship or Spelling Cause to effect (or effect to cause) Object to function
Synonyms: Infant: Baby: : Grown-Up: ______? Infant: Baby: : Grown-Up: Adult
Antonyms: Big: Small: : Full: _______? Big: Small: : Full: Empty
Part to Whole: Wheel: Car: : Branch: _______? Wheel: Car: : Branch: Tree
Function/Use (Object/ Function): Truck: Transport: : Oven: ______? Truck: Transport: : Oven: bake
Category/Type: Apple: Fruit: : Carrot: _______? Apple: Fruit: : Carrot: Vegetable
Degree (size/intensity): Warm: Hot: : Cool: ______? Warm: Hot: : Cool: Frigid
Cause-Effect: Sliver: Pain: : Heat: _____ Sliver: Pain: : Heat: Boil
Sequence: �Early: late : : dawn : _____ �Early : late : : dawn : twilight
Can you identify the relationship? PLATOON: SOLDIER HOT: SCALDING STARVATION: BINGING GILLS: BREATHING PERSUASIVE: CONVINCIN G 6. SOCCER: SPORT 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. a) b) c) d) Synonyms or antonyms Part to whole Category/Type Cause-effect (or effect to cause) e) Degree (size or intensity) f) Function/Use (Object/function)
Can you identify the relationship? 1. b 2. e 3. a f 4. 5. a 6. c PLATOON: SOLDIER HOT: SCALDING STARVATION: BINGING GILLS: BREATHING PERSUASIVE: CONVINCING SOCCER: SPORT a) b) c) d) Synonyms or antonyms Part to whole Category/Type Cause-effect (or effect to cause) e) Degree (size or intensity) f) Function/Use (Object/function)
Helpful Hints: 1. Determine relationship between the words in the given pair antonyms? synonyms? sequence? cause-effect? function? category? degree?
Helpful Hints: 2. Choose the answer that has a similar relationship and can be expressed in a similar manner
Example APPLE : FRUIT : : A. Salad : Mix B. Orange: Banana C. Juice : Can D. Slice : Core E. Butterfly: Insect
Example APPLE : FRUIT : : A. Salad : Mix B. Orange: Banana C. Juice : Can D. Slice : Core E. Butterfly: Insect
Example PEN : WRITE : : A. Pencil : Sharpen B. Ink : Blue C. Letter : Compose D. Knife : Cut E. Mistake : Erase
Example PEN : WRITE : : A. Pencil : Sharpen B. Ink : Blue C. Letter : Compose D. Knife : Cut E. Mistake : Erase
Helpful Hints Part II: • Pay attention to • the order of the words in the pair • the parts of speech • Remember – • single word can have different meanings • read all possible answers before deciding on the best answer
Practice Large : Big: : A. Remember : Forget B. Triumph: Success C. Nostril : Smell D. Audio : Hear E. Glasses : See
Practice Large : Big: : A. Remember : Forget B. Triumph: Success C. Nostril : Smell D. Audio : Hear E. Glasses : See
Practice Bat : Hitter A. Score: Win B. Walk : Run C. Mars : Venus D. Stick : Hockey Player E. Basketball: Hoop
Practice Bat : Hitter A. Score: Win B. Walk : Run C. Mars : Venus D. Stick : Hockey Player E. Basketball: Hoop
Practice Come : Came: : A. Walk : Walking B. Ride : Rode C. Left : Arrived D. Did : Had Done E. See : Seen
Practice Come : Came: : A. Walk : Walking B. Ride : Rode C. Left : Arrived D. Did : Had Done E. See : Seen
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