analogies
DESCRIPTION
What is an analogy? Understanding analogies helps students to pass SAT and ACT tests.TRANSCRIPT
ANALOGIES…
It’s all about relationships
LET’S LOOK AT SOME RELATIONSHIPS
Synonyms end: terminate
Antonyms artificial: real
Worker and Tool Used
photographer: camera
Tool and Object Its Used Upon scissors:
paper
Worker and Object He Creates poet: poem
COMPLETE THE SETS:
Cause and Effect negligence:
accident
Effect and Cause tsunami:
earthquake
Part to Whole leaf: tree
Person and What He Avoids student: failure
Masculine and Feminine host: hostess
Age infant: adolescent
MORE EXAMPLES…
Person and Closely Related Adjective commander:
competent
Person and Least Related Adjective commander: coward
Symbol and What It Stands For rose: love
Mathematical Relationship seven: forty-nine
Measurement mile: distance
Classification and Type dog: greyhound
Degree of Intensity cold: pneumonia
PRACTICE
1. December is to winter as September is to
_________. spring cooler school autumn
2. Good is to better as cool is to _______________.
cold good cooler warm
3. Water is to liquid as ice is to _______________.
snow freezing solid slippery
PRACTICE & ON YOUR OWN
4. Trade is to maid as cool is to _______________. lower chill neat rule
5. Milk is to refrigerator as ice cream is to _______________.
6. Fahrenheit is to Thirty-two as Celsius is to _______________.
7. Rain is to drop as snow is to _______________.
ON YOUR OWN…
Click on the link to practice more analogies.
http://a4esl.org/q/h/vm/analogies01.html
FINISH UP…
Let’s review…
Relationships
Vocabulary
Create