Awesome Amazing Analogies

What is an analogy?

• A comparison between two things

• A description using imagery

• A reference to a commonly known book, person, or historical event.

• A sound word

Which of the following is an example of an analogy?

• Don’t bite the apple, Eve”

• Life is like a race. The one who keeps running wins the race and the one who stops to catch a breath loses.

• Jenna and Kelly are joined at the hips. When you see one you always see the other.

• Curiosity killed the cat.

Why do authors use analogies?

• Analogies help the reader experience the text using the five senses.

• Analogies grab the reader's attention, bring life to the writing, and clarify the writer's point.

• Analogies show more of the character's personality.

• Analogies add rhythm and rhyme to your writing.

Metaphors and similes are used to make analogies.

• true

• false

Choose the analogy.

• The wind howled at night.

• The tree swayed shyly in the summer breeze.

• Life is just like a garden-ever growing and changing.

• Somethings are fit to have friends.

Is the following an analogy? "Children are like potatoes in a soup; they absorb the flavors of things around them."

• yes

• no

Choose the analogy.

• We'll cross that bridge when we get to it.

• The storm devoured everything in its way.

• It takes two to tango.

• A movie is a roller coaster ride of emotions.

What two things are being compared in this analogy, " Don't let my sister in my room. She's a sponge. She takes in everything I say in the same way a sponge soaks up water."

• The room to a sponge

• The sponge to water

• The sister to water

• The sister to a sponge

Is the following an analogy? "The stairs groaned as we ran up and down on them."

• yes

• no

Does the following analogy contain a simile or metaphor?

"A teacher is a gardener and students the flowers. Each lesson is the rain and sunlight helps them grow."

• metaphor

• smilie

• neither

• both