Good morning, students!
• Today you will need…– Red pen– Highlighter– ELA binder– GUM workbook– Pencil– Agenda– Library book
Caught’ya Week 9
• Day 25 Thursday, March 13, 2014• Write the Caught’ya in its correct form• Extra task: Label the types of sentences
vivian virtuous joined the group of 7 seventh graders as each member searched for their correct homeroom. when everyone had found their appropriate classroom the friends found that they had different homerooms
AnalogiesUnderstanding Word Patterns
Analogiesare Word Relationships
A definition…
• An analogy is a comparison between two things, and the comparison is used to determine the relationship between different sets of things.
Bark is to dog as meow is to cat.
Word Analogies• Analogies develop logic.
• Analyze two words and identify the relationship between them.
• Find another pair of words that has the same relationship.
Many Different Types of Analogies
• Synonym: cool is to chilly
• Antonym: hot is to cold
• Homonym: there is to their
• Category/subcategory: vegetable is to celery
• Part to whole: core is to apple
• Function to thing: cook is to stove
• Functions: microwave is to cook
• Verb Forms: go is to goes
Synonyms
• Words that have the same meanings
Types of Analogies
• What’s the relationship?
• DRY : ARID :: lost : mislaid
• Both words have similar meanings so this
relationship is a synonym
Antonyms
• Words that have opposite meanings
Types of Analogies
• What’s the relationship?
• KIND : CRUEL :: happy : sad
• Both words have opposite meanings, so
their relationship is an antonym.
Homonyms
• Same sound, different meanings
Types of Analogies
• What’s the relationship?
• Hair is to hare as bear is to bare.
• Present : present :: read : reed
• Both words have the same sounds, so
their relationship is a homonym
Category-Subcategory
• Category: a class or group of things, people, etc., possessing some quality or qualities in common
• Subcategory: A subdivision that has common differentiating characteristics within a larger category.
Types of Analogies
• Example: Color is to red as number is to five.
• Categories: color and number• Sub-Categories : red and five
Whole-Part
• WHOLE includes everything. Part is only a part of the whole.
• Hand is to finger as foot is to toe.
• Whole: hand/foot• Part: finger/ toe
Types of Analogies
• What’s the relationship?
• POEM : STANZA :: play : acts• CHAPTER: BOOK :: fender : automobile
• Whole/Part.
Function
• An activity or purpose natural to or intended for a person or thing
Types of Analogies
• What’s the relationship?
• KNIFE : CUT :: shovel : dig
• The function of a knife is to cut.
• Function
Verb Tenses• a category that locates a situation in time,
to indicate when the situation takes place
• Examples: past, present, future
Types of Analogies
• Win is to won as lose is to lost.
• Swim : swam :: eat : ate.
• Present and past tenses are Verb Tenses
How do you choose the correct word to complete
an analogy?
Types of Analogies
Guidelines to solve analogies
• decide upon the relationship between first 2 words• state the relationship - car is to tire
because___________• examine the third word – chair • select a fourth word that will make the third-fourth
word have the same relationship as the first-second word
• be ready to explain your fourth word selectionCar is to tire as chair is to ______.
Model and Practice
On is to off as start is to __________. stop, opposites
Nail is to finger as hair is to _________. head, part to whole
Eye is to see as ear is to ____________. hear, thing to function
Swift is to deer as slow is to _________. turtle, characteristic to
thingWool is to sheep as egg is to _________.chicken, product to thing
Now what do you think?
• Is this analogy correct?
More Analogies to Solve
• Quia - Awesome Analogies – Practice your knowledge of analogies through these interactive challenge questions. http://www.quia.com/cb/7146.html
• Quia – Hangman Analogies - Here is an interactive
hangman game format to practice analogies. http://www.quia.com/hm/22953.html
• Fact Monster – Analogy of the Day - Practice for every day! http://www.factmonster.com/analogies
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