Language Arts Grade Six

Unit Nine, Lesson Three: Analogies


  1. squeal
  2. deal
  3. meal
  4. dream
  5. stream
  6. cream
  7. speak
  8. structure
  9. building
  10. dwelling
  1. house
  2. shack
  3. cabin
  4. hut
  5. disease
  6. membrane
  7. microscope
  8. microorganism
  9. bacteria
  10. virus
Analogies

An analogy is a comparison between word pairs that have the same relationship. The best analogy puzzles are those which have only one good answer. Of course, there are often many reasonable answers to an analogy. Consider this example:


	South America is to Brazil as North America is to _________.

POSSIBLE ANSWERS: Mexico, Canada, United States

If we turn this analogy around, then there is only one possible answer:


	Brazil is to South America as Mexico is to _____________.

ANSWER: North America


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