Analogies

The video tutorial explains analogies as comparisons between words to understand relationships. It covers types of word relationships like synonyms, antonyms, part of a whole, cause and effect, and item in a category. The tutorial provides examples and exercises to interpret and complete analogies, emphasizing the importance of identifying relationships between words.

What is the primary purpose of using analogies?

• To create new words

• To better understand complex ideas by comparing them to familiar ones

• To establish relationships between unrelated concepts

• To confuse the reader

Which of the following pairs are synonyms?

• Heating and melting

• Mad and angry

• Wheel and bicycle

• Asleep and awake

How are the words 'asleep' and 'awake' related?

• They are cause and effect

• They are synonyms

• They are antonyms

• They are part of a whole

In the analogy 'peel is to banana as stem is to flower', what type of relationship is being described?

• Cause and effect

• Antonym

• Synonym

• Part of a whole

What is the correct analogy for 'hunger is to eat'?

• Up is to down

• Child is to kid

• Tired is to sleep

• Screen is to computer

Which word completes the analogy: 'Elephant is to blank'?

• Jungle

• Mammal

• Trunk

• Gray

What type of relationship is shown in the analogy 'carrot is to vegetable as ballet is to dance'?

• Synonym

• Antonym

• Part of a whole

• Item in a category