• 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.