Download Analogy Sentence “Cheatsheet”

Analogy Sentence “Cheatsheet”
When posed with a word-pair from an analogy, use the following sentences to help determine their relationship. These sentences are meant
to help you, but they are not the ONLY sentences that can be formed to show the relationship between the 2 words in a word-pair.
Synonyms
__________________ means/is the same (or nearly the same) as _________________
For example-
happy: joyful
-
Happy means the same as joyful
Antonyms
__________________ means the opposite (or not the same) as _________________
For example-
hot: cold
-
Hot is the opposite of cold
Part to Whole
A __________________ is a part of a ______________________
For example-
Bike: Wheel
-
A wheel is a part of a bike
Degree
_________________ is more/less intense than ________________________
For example-
Talking: screaming
-
talking is less intense than screaming
Or
screaming is more intense than talking
Classification
A ______________________ is a type of ______________________
For example-
Mutt: Dog
-
a mutt is a type of dog
Function
The main purpose of _______________________ is to ___________________
For example-
cool: air conditioner
-
the purpose of an air conditioner is to cool
Action/Object
A ______________________
_______________________(s)
****With action and object it is not talking about the object’s main purpose (function) and/or doesn’t include a person (performer).
Also, Action/Object will always have a verb/noun comparison.
For example-
car: drive
-
A car drives
Performer/Object
A _______________________ uses a __________________
A ______________________ creates a _____________________
****With Performer and Object, you will ALWAYS have a noun/noun comparison.
For example-
Artist: Brush
-
An artist uses a brush
Artist: Painting
-
An artist creates a painting
Performer/Action
A _________________________
______________________(s)
**** Notice that with Performer/Action, we use the same sentence as Action/Object. We still have the noun/verb comparison, but
we are using the Performer as our noun, not an object.
For example-
Artist: Creates
-
An artist creates
Cause/Effect
Because of __________________, ________________ happens/occurs
_____________________ is the cause/effect of __________________
For example-
Death: War
-
Because of War, death occurs
Or
War is the cause of death
Location
______________ is located/lives in/by _____________________
______________ can be found in/by __________________
For example-
Fish: Sea
-
fish live in the sea
Or
fish can be found in the sea
Characteristic Quality
___________________ is ___________________
****Notice that the second word is describing the first- if they mean the same thing and aren’t describing each other, they are
synonyms)
For example-
night: dark
-
The night is dark
***Dark is describing the way the night looks, so it is describing one of its characteristics.