Analogies

Analogies

Open Ended

What do you know about analogies?

What is an analogy?

●They are used to show the relationship

between two words.
●They are about WORD RELATIONSHIPS - two

sets of words have corresponding relationships
●Figure out the relationship and you can figure

out the analogy.

Drag and Drop

Analogies show how two words are

Placeholder

Drag these tiles and drop them in the correct blank above

related

opposite

unrelated

How analogies are constructed

Find : locate :: lose : misplace

●find : locate - the colon : stands for “ is

related to” or “is to”
●find : locate :: lose : misplace - the double

colon :: stands for “in the same way” or

“as”
In other words, you’ll read it like this…(next slide)

The 6 Types of
Analogies that
you Need to
Know

Animal

to

Habitat

The animal is listed
first, then where the
animal lives.

Example:

Bee : Hive :: Bear :

Cave

Source

to

Product

Source is listed first,
then the product that
comes to it.

Example:

Tree : Paper ::

Wool : Sheep

Part

to

Whole

The part is listed first,
then what it is a part
of.

Example:

Chapter : Book ::
Month : Year

Synonym

Similar meaning.

Example:

Small : little ::

big : large

Antonym

Opposite meaning.

Example:

Up : down ::

left : right

Object / Action

The object is listed
first and then the
action that it
performs

Example:

bat : swing :: ax : chop

Practice

Match

Match the following analogies

• limb : tree

• duck : pond

• hard : soft

• stop: finish

finger : hand

shark : ocean

heavy : light

go : begin

• finger : hand

• shark : ocean

• heavy : light

• go : begin

On the next slide, we’re

going to identify the type of

analogy using the given

statement.

Categorize

Options (8)

bat:cave

dog:doghouse

start:begin

end:finish

start:finish

good:bad

ax:chop

bat:swing

Organize these options into the right categories

Animal/Habitat

synonym

antonym

object action

Match

Match the following analogies to their relationships

• room : house :: chapter : book

• pen : write :: knife : cut

• chicken : egg :: cow : milk

• heavy : light :: hard : soft

• start : begin :: end : finish

part/whole

object/action

source/product

antonym

synonym

• part/whole

• object/action

• source/product

• antonym

• synonym

Open Ended

Write one thing you learned about analogies after going through this lesson.