Comparisons and Analogies

Analogy is different from simile and metaphor because it is a

____________________ rather than a figure of speech.

• device

• speech

• rhetorical device

• figure of speech

Tags

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 (1)____________________ and analogies that identify (2)___________________.

• identical relationships ; shared abstraction

• abstract; figure

• similarities; unrelated

• relationships;differences

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5B

CCSS.L.8.5B

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

In writing, analogy can make an(1) ____________________ concept more

(2) ____________________ by providing a more detailed description or explanation.

• abstract; concrete

• unrelated;similarities

• shared;related

• wide;unrelated

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5B

CCSS.L.8.5B

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

(1)____________________ work by describing or explaining one thing by examining its

(2) ____________________ with another thing.

• analogies; similarities

• analogies;alternative

• similarities;simile

• unrelated;figure of speech

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5B

CCSS.L.8.5B

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Analogy as a literary technique compares two (1)____________________ objects in terms of their (2)____________________ qualities.

• unrelated; shared

• shared;different

• unrelated;similarities

• similar;shared

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5B

CCSS.L.8.5B

CCSS.W.11-12.2D