Analogies
Analogy is just a term that means "word relationships".
Analogies are sometimes formatted as follows:
[word
1] : [word 2] : : [word 3] : [word 4]
In this analogy format, : reads "is to" and : : reads "as"
This means that
water : liquid : : ice : solid
is read as
Water is to liquid as ice is to solid.
Here are some of the
most frequently used analogies:
( Source: http://www.ocde.k12.ca.us/ctapread/2011.html
)
| Category | Sample Analogy |
| 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 |
| Cause and Effect | negligence: accident |
| Effect and Cause | tsunami: earthquake |
| Material Used and End Product | lumber: house |
| Function of a Tool | saw: cut |
| Part to Whole | leaf: tree |
| Person and What He Looks For | mineralogist: ore |
| Person and What He Avoids | student: failure |
| Masculine and Feminine | host: hostess |
| Age | infant: adolescent |
| 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
on your own with these activities:
http://a4esl.org/q/h/vm/analogies01.html
http://a4esl.org/q/h/fb007-ck.html
http://www.quia.com/cb/7146.html
http://a4esl.org/q/f/z/zz67fck.htm
One of
these will count for a grade:
http://www.quia.com/pop/14975.html
http://www.quia.com/tq/168422.html