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Types of Analogies include: Synonym (happy : joyful :: sad : depressed)

Analogies- An analogy compares words or concepts, based on how they are alike or related to each other. . Ex. Dog is to puppy as cat is to kitten ( a young dog is a puppy, just like a young cat is a kitten) scissors : cut :: broom : ___________ clean b. dust c. sweep d. dirty

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Types of Analogies include: Synonym (happy : joyful :: sad : depressed)

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  1. Analogies-An analogy compares words or concepts, based on how they are alike or related to each other. Ex. Dog is to puppyas cat is to kitten(a young dog is a puppy, just like a young cat is a kitten) scissors : cut :: broom : ___________ • clean b. dust c. sweep d. dirty kindness : friend :: cruelty : ___________ a. meanness b. enemy c. war d. unkindness

  2. Types of Analogies include: • Synonym (happy : joyful :: sad : depressed) • Antonym (inflation : deflation :: frail : strong) • Characteristic (tropical : hot :: polar : cold) • Part/Whole (finger : hand :: petal : flower) • Degree (mist : fog :: drizzle : tropical storm) • Type(parrot : bird :: salmon : fish) • Tool/Worker (pen : writer :: voice : singer) • Action/Object (fly : airplane :: drive : car) • Item/Purpose (knife : cut :: ruler : measure) • Product/Worker (poet : poem :: baker : pie)

  3. Not all analogies enhance writing… • She caught your eye like one of those pointy hook latches that used to dangle from screen doors and would fly up whenever you banged the door open again. • The little boat gently drifted across the pond exactly the way a bowling ball wouldn't. • John and Mary had never met. They were like two hummingbirds who had also never met • He fell for her like his heart was a mob informant, and she was the East River. • She walked into my office like a centipede with 98 missing legs

  4. Long separated by cruel fate, the star-crossed lovers raced across the grassy field toward each other like two freight trains, one having left Cleveland at 6:36 p.m. traveling at 55 mph, the other from Topeka at 4:19 p.m. at a speed of 35 mph. • It hurt the way your tongue hurts after you accidentally staple it to the wall • He was as tall as a six-foot-three-inch tree • The hailstones leaped from the pavement, just like maggots when you fry them in hot grease

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