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 ID: 935872
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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 kindness : friend :: cruelty : ___________a. meanness b. enemy c. war d. unkindness
Slide2Types 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)
Slide3Not 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 metHe 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
Slide4Long 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 treeThe hailstones leaped from the pavement, just like maggots when you fry them in hot grease