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Analogies Strategies
Analogies are basically sentences with missing words. You are presented with two words, and you need to create a sentence that defines one word in relation to the other. The words in the correct answer are connected in the same way as the words in the original.
- Make a link (between the words in the stem).
- Plug it in (to each of the choices).
- Refine your link (if more than one choice fits).
Some of the more common word relationships (i.e. links) used are:
- characteristic: One word is the essential characteristic of the other. e.g., Something HUMID is characterized by being WET.
- part/whole: One word describes an element that in part comprises the other word, or one word is the name for a group of the other word. e.g., A group of SHEEP is called a HERD.
- type: One word describes a noun or verb and the other describes a particular version (subset or variation) of that word. e.g., To HUM is to SING without opening your mouth.
- degree: One word is a stronger version of the other. e.g. Someone THRILLED is very HAPPY.
- function: One word describes the essential function performed by the other. e.g., A WHEELBARROW is used to TRANSPORT objects.
- usual place: One word describes a person or item and the other word describes the place where it is usually found. e.g. A DIPLOMAT lives and/or works in an EMBASSY.
- lack: One word describes something the other word lacks or is not. e.g., A MISER lacks GENEROSITY.
- person and job/belief/associated action: One word describes a type of person or profession and the other describes an essential quality of that person. e.g., A TRUCKER transports CARGO.
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