Working with Analogies  

Analogies look like this: Up:Down ::Over:Under Up is to Down as Over is to Under

In what ways could these pairs of words be related? The relationship will always have to do with the meaning of the words I get it…they are opposites!

Here is one example of Synonym relationships: Infant:Baby::Grown-Up: _________? Infant:Baby::Grown-Up:Adult Grown-Up -ADULT Full - EMPTY Branch - TREE Carrot -VEGTABLE Heat - BOIL Cool -FRIGID Oven - BAKE

Here is one example of Antonym relationships: Big:Small::Full:_______? Big:Small::Full:Empty Grown-Up -ADULT Full - EMPTY Branch - TREE Carrot -VEGTABLE Heat - BOIL Cool -FRIGID Oven - BAKE

Here is one example of Part to Whole relationships: Wheel:Car::Branch:_______? Wheel:Car::Branch:Tree Grown-Up -ADULT Full - EMPTY Branch - TREE Carrot -VEGTABLE Heat - BOIL Cool -FRIGID Oven - BAKE

Here is one example of Member to Category relationships: Apple:Fruit::Carrot:_______? Apple:Fruit::Carrot:Vegetable Grown-Up -ADULT Full - EMPTY Branch - TREE Carrot -VEGTABLE Heat - BOIL Cool -FRIGID Oven - BAKE

Here is one example Matters of Degree relationships: Warm:Hot::Cool:______? Warm:Hot::Cool:Frigid Grown-Up -ADULT Full - EMPTY Branch - TREE Carrot -VEGTABLE Heat - BOIL Cool -FRIGID Oven - BAKE

Here is one example of Object to Function relationships: Truck:Transport::Oven:______? Truck:Transport::Oven:bake Grown-Up -ADULT Full - EMPTY Branch - TREE Carrot -VEGTABLE Heat - BOIL Cool -FRIGID Oven - BAKE

Example APPLE : FRUIT :: Salad : Mix Orange: Banana Juice : Can Slice : Core Butterfly: Insect Make a sentence that shows the relationship between apple and fruit. How about “An apple is a type of fruit.” Test that sentence by going through all five answers choices, replacing apple & fruit with the different pairs of words. Only one pair fits the sentence. Answer E: A butterfly s a type of insect.

Example Butterfly:Insect APPLE : FRUIT :: Salad : Mix Orange: Banana Juice : Can Slice : Core Butterfly:Insect Make a sentence that shows the relationship between apple and fruit. How about “An apple is a type of fruit.” Test that sentence by going through all five answers choices, replacing apple & fruit with the different pairs of words. Only one pair fits the sentence. Answer E: A carrot is a type of vegetable.

Example PEN : WRITE :: Pencil : Sharpen Ink : Blue Letter : Compose Knife : Cut Mistake : Erase Too specific sentence - I once had a pen that my dog chewed but it still wrote in different colors. - sentence is too long, too specific. Too general: A pen is a thing and to write is an action. Sentence is too vague. It describes each word individually and not the relationship of the words. Lots of very different pairs of words could fit from this sentence.

Example Knife : Cut PEN : WRITE :: Pencil : Sharpen Ink : Blue Letter : Compose Knife : Cut Mistake : Erase Too specific sentence - I once had a pen that my dog chewed but it still wrote in different colors. - sentence is too long, too specific. Too general: A pen is a thing and to write is an action. Sentence is too vague. It describes each word individually and not the relationship of the words. Lots of very different pairs of words could fit from this sentence.

Practice Large : Big:: Remember : Forget Triumph: Success Nostril : Smell Audio : Hear E. Glasses : See

Practice Triumph: Success Large : Big:: Remember : Forget Nostril : Smell Audio : Hear E. Glasses : See

Practice Bat : Hitter Score: Win Walk : Run Mars : Venus Stick : Hockey Player Basketball: Hoop

Practice Stick : Hockey Player Bat : Hitter Score: Win Walk : Run Mars : Venus Stick : Hockey Player Basketball: Hoop

Practice Come : Came:: Walk : Walking Ride : Rode Left : Arrived Did : Had Done See : Seen

Practice Ride : Rode Come : Came:: Walk : Walking Left : Arrived Did : Had Done See : Seen