Working with Analogies

Working with Analogies

0601.5.5 Specify a logical word choice to complete an analogy

Analogies test your ability to:

Analogies test your ability to:

• Recognize the relationship between the words in a word pair

• Recognize when two word pairs display equal relationships

• Recognize the relationship between the words in a word pair

• Recognize when two word pairs display equal relationships

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To answer an analogy question you must:

To answer an analogy question you must:

• Recognize the relationship between the words in the given word pair

• Select the answer containing words related to one another in most nearly the same way

• Recognize when two word pairs display equal relationships

• Recognize the relationship between the words in the given word pair

• Select the answer containing words related to one another in most nearly the same way

• Recognize when two word pairs display equal relationships

Analogies look like this:

Analogies look like this:

Up:Down ::Over:Under

Up is to Down as Over is to Under

Up:Down ::Over:Under

Up is to Down as Over is to Under

In what ways could these pairs of words be

related?

In what ways could these pairs of words be

related?• The relationship will always have to do with the meaning of the words

• The relationship will always have to do with the meaning of the words

I get it…they are opposites!

Examples of possible relationships in an analogy:

Examples of possible relationships in an analogy:• Synonyms or antonyms• Homonyms• A member to the category and

subcategory• A part to the whole• Object to function

• Synonyms or antonyms• Homonyms• A member to the category and

subcategory• A part to the whole• Object to function

Here is one example of Synonym relationships: Here is one example of Synonym relationships:

Infant:Baby::Grown-Up: _________?Infant:Baby::Grown-Up: _________?

Infant:Baby::Grown-Up:AdultInfant:Baby::Grown-Up:Adult

Here is one example of Antonym relationships:Here is one example of Antonym relationships:Big:Small::Full:_______?Big:Small::Full:_______?

Big:Small::Full:EmptyBig:Small::Full:Empty

Here is one example of Homonym relationships:Here is one example of

Homonym relationships:• Two: to::their:____________• Two: to::their:____________

Here is one example of category relationships:Here is one example of category relationships:

• Books:fiction::food: ____________• Books:fiction::food: ____________

Here is one example of category relationships:Here is one example of category relationships:

• Books:fiction::food: vegetables• Books:fiction::food: vegetables

Here is one example of Subcategories

relationships:

Here is one example of Subcategories

relationships:• Fiction:historical vegetables:

______________• Fiction:historical vegetables:

______________

Here is one example of Subcategories

relationships:

Here is one example of Subcategories

relationships:• Fiction:historical ::vegetables:

corn• Fiction:historical ::vegetables:

corn

Here is one example of Part to Whole relationships:

Here is one example of Part to Whole relationships:

Wheel:Car::Branch:_______?Wheel:Car::Branch:_______?

Wheel:Car::Branch:TreeWheel:Car::Branch:Tree

Here is one example of Cause Effect relationships:

Here is one example of Cause Effect relationships:

Hurricane :wind:: rain: __________Hurricane :wind:: rain: __________

Hurricane: wind :rain: floodHurricane: wind :rain: flood

Here is one example of Object to Function

relationships:

Here is one example of Object to Function

relationships: Truck:Transport::Oven:______?Truck:Transport::Oven:______?

Truck:Transport::Oven:bakeTruck:Transport::Oven:bake

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Come : Came::A. Walk : Walking

B.Ride : RodeC. Left : ArrivedD. Did : Had DoneE. See : Seen

Come : Came::A. Walk : Walking

B.Ride : RodeC. Left : ArrivedD. Did : Had DoneE. See : Seen