WorksheetsAnalogy quizz
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 43mins
Read the following passage.
After Maria left me, I felt hollow and weak. I held onto her letter, the only trace of her that remained, but I was afraid to read it. For three weeks, I walked around the house like a lost soul, that letter folded up into a square in my shirt pocket. They say that just as the sword is the weapon of the warrior, a pen is the weapon of the writer. And it’s true. When I opened that letter, her words bruised my heart. Two rivers streaked down my cheeks and leaked onto the carpet.
Which detail from the passage includes the best example of an analogy?
“...just as the sword is the weapon of the warrior, a pen is the weapon of the writer.”
“I held onto her letter, the only trace of her that remained, but I was afraid to read it.”
“...I walked around the house like a lost soul...”
“...her words bruised my heart.
Analogies can show different kinds of relationships between words and phrases. Some examples include: antonym, synonym, part to wholes, user to tool and producer to product.
If you understand the relationship between words on one side of the analogy, you can use that to complete the relationship on the other side.Complete the analogy below.
BEE is to HONEY as COW is to
bull
steak
milk
horns
Which of the following sentences uses an analogy?
Geologists are scientists who study Earth’s processes.
Rock layers tell the story of Earth’s past.
Geologists use rocks the way detectives use clues.
To Dr. Sanchez, finding a fossil is like winning a prize.
Based on the analogy below, what must be true about a carpenter and a vise?
PAINTER is to BRUSH as CARPENTER is to VISE
A carpenter creates a vise.
A carpenter wears a vise.
A vise is a tool for a carpenter.
A vise is a type of carpenter.
Part to Whole Analogy Example:
letter is to word as ____ is to _____
finger : hand
car : truck
seed : leaf
park : slide
Antonym Analogy Example:
easy : difficult : :
Remember antonyms are words that mean the opposite of each other.
hot : warm
tall : short
old : heavy
kind : nice
night : day ∷ cold : . . .
mild
freezing
hot
frigid
Which is an analogy?
She was like a ray of sunshine.
Her sister was like a bull in a china shop—Always knocking something over.
He was as mad as a hornet.
Their mother was as busy as a bee.
How to you turn a metaphor or simile into a analogy?
Remove most of the description and explanation
As long as it compares two things, it's an analogy
Add more detail and description to make it more vivid.
Explain the comparison between the two subjects.
Which one is a part to whole analogy?
Hand:finger
Rude:Nice
Light:Bright
Stove:cook
