Analogies in Sentences

Which of the following sentences uses an analogy?

• Geologists are scientists who study Earth’s processes.

• Rock layers tell the story of Earth’s past.

• Geologists use rocks the way detectives use clues.

• To Dr. Sanchez, finding a fossil is like winning a prize.

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CCSS.L.6.5B

CCSS.L.8.5B

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Which of the following correctly shows the analogous relationship between a baker’s bread and a florist’s bouquet?

• BAKER ::: BREAD = FLORIST ::: BOUQUET

• BAKER : BREAD :: FLORIST : BOUQUET

• BAKER’S BREAD == FLORIST’S BOUQUET

• BAKER : FLORIST :: BREAD ::: BOUQUET

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CCSS.L.6.5B

CCSS.L.8.5B

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

FINGER is to HAND as TOE is to

• mitten

• foot

• sock

• walk

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CCSS.L.6.5B

CCSS.L.8.5B

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

FLAMINGO is to BIRD as GRIZZLY is to

• bear

• polar

• fish

• den

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CCSS.L.6.5B

CCSS.L.8.5B

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

GROSS is to REPULSIVE as TASTY is to

• okay

• rotten

• tongue

• delicious

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CCSS.L.6.5B

CCSS.L.8.5B

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Based on the analogy below, what must be true about a carpenter and a vise?

PAINTER is to BRUSH as CARPENTER is to VISE

• A carpenter creates a vise.

• A carpenter wears a vise.

• A vise is a tool for a carpenter.

• A vise is a type of carpenter.

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CCSS.L.6.5B

CCSS.L.8.5B

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Based on the analogy below, what must be true about the word “notifying"?

NOTIFYING is to INFORMING as SLEEPING is to SLUMBERING

• Notifying is a part of informing.

• Notifying means informing.

• Notifying is the opposite of informing.

• Notifying causes informing.

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CCSS.L.6.5B

CCSS.L.8.5B

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Based on the analogy below, what must be true about the word “triviality"?

TRIVIALITY is to VALUE as SERIOUSNESS is to HUMOR

• A triviality lacks value.

• A triviality is a type of value.

• A triviality causes value.

• A triviality has value.

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CCSS.L.6.5B

CCSS.L.8.5B

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What does the analogy in this excerpt imply?

“Science is built up of facts, as a house is built of stones; but an accumulation of facts is no more a science than a heap of stones is a house.”

• Like stones, science can be used to build great things, but those things can be destroyed.

• Like a house, a stone can contain life, but life can exist elsewhere.

• Like an architect, a scientist must use both imagination and logic.

• Like a house, science is constructed from building blocks that are used in a specific way.

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CCSS.RI.5.7

CCSS.RI.6.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.8.7

"I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided, and that is the lamp of experience."

What does the analogy in this quote imply?

• Like lamps, the speaker’s feet will lead the way for others to follow.

• Like a light, the speaker will help those who are lost.

• Like a lamp, the past has helped the speaker find his way.

• Like a light, the past has helped the speaker drive out darkness.

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CCSS.L.6.5B

CCSS.L.8.5B

CCSS.W.11-12.2D