• HOMONYMS
• DEGREE OF INTENSITY(HOW
MUCH)
• OBJECT/ADJECTIVE
• VERB TENSE
Take out your notes
• CAUSE/EFFECT
• RHYME
Analogies
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 Analogies
To 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 yourselfHow 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?
Complete this analogy.
Explain why your answer is correct.
right : write :: meet: _____
right : write :: meet: meat
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 : soaked
Poke and stab go together because
they both explain a degree of intensity.
Same with damp and soaked.
Complete this analogy.
Explain why your answer is correct.
cut : wound :: flame : _____
cut : wound :: flame: inferno
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?
Complete this analogy.
Explain why your answer is correct.
silver : shiny :: burps : _____
silver : shiny :: burps : stinky
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 : eat :: broken : braking
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.
Complete this analogy.
Explain why your answer is correct.
took : taken :: drinking : ____
took : taken :: drinking : drank
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.
Complete this analogy.
Explain why your answer is correct.
flood : damage :: study: ____
flood : damage :: study :
knowledge
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 : stear
Spider 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.
Complete this analogy.
Explain why your answer is correct.
fall : small :: scare : ____
fall : small :: scare : tear
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.
Homonyms Degree of Intensity OBJECT/ADJECTIVE
sun : son
pane : pain
lukewarm : boiling snow: cold
sandpaper : rough sirens: loud
drizzle: downpour yell : scream
tan: brown
steel : strong
here : hear
Sort these pairs of words into the three
categories below.
Verb tense
Cause/effect
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.