Transcript Analogy Types

What is an analogy?
A comparison between two things, for
the purpose of explanation or
clarification.
Got a Trick for This?
• The key to figuring out a set of word
analogies is determining the relationship
between the paired set of words.
Umm … What does that mean?
• Presented for your viewing pleasure is a
list of relationships that will help you to
determine how to solve the analogy
problem.
• Synonyms are words that have the same
meaning.
• Lets talk dots…(: is to /:: as) But it makes more
sense if you put it in a sentence
• For Example:
– Bizarre : Weird :: Cute : Pretty.
– ‘Bizarre’ is the similar meaning of ‘weird’ just as ‘cute’
has a similar meaning to ‘pretty’
• You Try:
Discovered
– Annoyed : Irritated :: Find : ____________
• Antonyms are words that mean the opposite
• Example:
– detest : admire :: disagree : concede
• Detest is the opposite of admire whereas
disagree is the opposite of concede.
• You Try:
lose
– kind : cruel :: find : __________
• A cause and effect analogy is a pair of words whose
relationship has two parts. Cause is an action of
some kind and effect is the result of that action.
For example, rain : wet. The cause is the rain. Rain
is the action that is occurring. The effect is wet. Wet
is the resulting action caused by the rain.
• Example:
– cut : bleed :: wound : pain
• You Try:
– Gift (causes) Joy :: Detention(Causes) ___________
anger
• Analogies where one word is a smaller part of
the other word
• Example:
– Prefix : word :: ingredient : recipe
– A Preffix is a small part of a whole word much
like ingredients are part of the whole recipe
• You Try:
car
– Chapter : Book :: fender: ___________
• Classification analogies can be similar to
characteristic analogies, whereby one of the
word pairs is an attribute of the other.
• Example:
– Dog : Pet :: Jazz : Music
– Remember to use “a Type of..”
• You Try:
Video game
– Polka : Dance :: Call of Duty : _________________
• People and things are usually described by
their special qualities, or characteristics.
• Example: A bully, for example, could be
described as aggressive, but not as
affectionate.
– pirate : brazen :: beggar : destitute
• You Try:
sly
– Dog : Loyal :: Cat : ________________
• Analogies of degree show greater or lesser
extent (puddle / pond) or intensity (cool /
icy).
• Example:
– tan : brown :: pink : red
• You Try: (try using “is a little” and “Like”)
weep
– Chuckle : laugh :: whimper : ____________
• Analogy pairs where one of the words
describes the function or purpose of the other
• Example:
– eye : see :: ear : hear
– The function of an eye is to see just as an ear’s
function is to hear.
• You Try:
write
– Knife : Cut :: Pen : ___________________
• Analogies where one word in the pair tells
us what the other is expected to do.
• Example:
• Dancer : Dance :: Rock Star : Sing
• You Try:
cook
• Author : Write :: Chef : ____________
• When one of words in the analogy pair is
what is expected to be used by the other.
• Example:
– Cop : handcuffs :: mechanic : wrench
• You Try:
pipes
• Cashier : Cash :: Plumber : ___________
• When one of words in the analogy pair is an
action that you use it for.
• Example:
– Bake : Cake :: Peel : orange
• You Try:
ball
• Boil : Egg :: Throw : ____________
• When one of words in the analogy is the
location you might find the other.
• Example:
– Bear : Woods :: Camel : Desert
• You Try:
school
• Fish : Sea :: student : ________________
Remember this slide????
Got a Trick for This?
• The key to figuring out a set of word
analogies is ______________________
determining the relationship
between the paired set of words.
__________________________