3/8 Vocabulary Development: Analogies

Vocabulary Development: Analogies

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• An analogy is a type of WORD PROBLEM. It is made up of two word pairs.

• Sometimes there seems to be nothing that is SIMILAR between the two pairs, but there always is.

• Your goal in solving an analogy is to FIND THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE WORDS

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• An analogy looks like this:  _A : B :: 1 : 2_

• The COLON (:) stands for the phrase "IS RELATED TO"

•  The DOUBLE COLON (::) stands for “IN THE SAME WAY THAT”

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• When you say it out loud it is read like this:         

  “A” IS TO “B” AS “1” IS TO “2.”

  
  

• Find : Locate :: lose : misplace

  “FInd IS RELATED TO Locate IN THE SAME WAY THAT

  lose IS RELATED TO misplace”

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• There are many different types of comparisons:

  1. Part to Whole, in which one word is a part or piece of the other as in nose: face :: ace : deck of cards

  2. Antonyms, words that have the opposite meaning as in night : day :: cold : hot

  3. Synonyms, words that have the same or similar meanings as in

  happy : glad :: sliding : skidding

  4. Description or Characteristic, in which one word describes the other word as in  sandpaper : rough :: ocean : wet

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5. Item to Category, in which one word names something that falls into the group named by the other word as in bird : blue jay :: season : winter

6. Rhyme words:   nose : hose :: dryer : hire

7. Worker to tool: mechanic : wrench :: programmer : computer

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There are many more types of analogies. Sometimes you just have to invent a relationship (type) that solves a certain analogy.

For instance, there might be one that just counts the letters in the words. Here’s an example:

Nose : take :: apple : happy

ORDER MATTERS! You must place the parts of the analogy in the same order on both sides of the double colon (::).

For instance, if the analogy relationship is “Whole to Part,” and you place “whole” first on one side then “whole” must be first on the other side.

Car : tire   ::   glasses : nosepiece

Multiple Choice

What would best fit in the blank?

dark : light :: ________ : fast

• slow

• up

• down

• quick

Multiple Choice

What would best fit in the blank?

it : pronoun :: ______ : verb

• noun

• adjective

• dig

• he

Multiple Choice

Which word would best complete the analogy?

pencil : writing :: brush : ______

• paper

• canvas

• notebook

• painting

Multiple Choice

Which word would best complete the analogy?

apple : fruit :: ______ : tool

• broccoli

• hammer

• window

• orange

Multiple Choice

Which word would best complete this analogy?

______ : oven :: pilot : airplane

• hot

• baker

• cook

• kitchen

Multiple Choice

Which word would best complete this analogy?

war: _____ :: turbulent : placid

• peace

• chaos

• calm

Multiple Choice

Which word would best complete this analogy?

distinguished : sophisticated :: fortified : ____

• destructive

• weak

• strengthened

Multiple Choice

Which word would best complete this analogy?

George Washington : president :: Monet : ____

• composer

• artist

• classical

Multiple Choice

Which word would best complete this analogy?

second hand : pane :: watch : ______

• window

• glass

• minute hand

Multiple Choice

Which word would best complete this analogy?

lemon : yellow :: sky : _____

• clouds

• up

• blue