Analyzing Comparisons and Analogies

An analogy is different from simile and metaphor.

• True

• False

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CCSS.L.6.5B

CCSS.L.8.5B

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Generally, analogies are clustered into two types.

These are analogies that identify identical relationships and analogies that identify shared abstraction.

• True

• False

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CCSS.L.6.5B

CCSS.L.8.5B

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Analogies work by describing or explaining one thing by examining its differences with another thing.

• True

• False

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CCSS.L.6.5B

CCSS.L.8.5B

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

In writing, an analogy can make an abstract concept more concrete by providing a more detailed description or explanation.

• True

• False

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CCSS.L.6.5B

CCSS.L.8.5B

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

An analogy is an example of figures of speech.

• True

• False

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CCSS.L.6.5B

CCSS.L.8.5B

CCSS.W.11-12.2D