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Victoria Clement
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Analogies

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Multiple Choice
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.
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Multiple Choice
Which of the following shows the analogous relationship between a baker's bread and a florist's bouquet?
BAKER::: BREAD = FLORIST ::: BOUQUET
BAKER : BREAD :: FLORIST : BOUQUET
BAKER'S BREAD == FLORIST'S BOUQUET
BAKER : FLORIST :: BREAD ::: BOUQUET
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Multiple Choice
FINGER is to HAND as TOE is to
mitten
foot
sock
walk
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Multiple Choice
FLAMINGO is to BIRD as GRIZZLY is to
bear
polar
fish
den
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Multiple Choice
GROSS is to REPULSIVE as TASTY is to
okay
rotten
tongue
delicious
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Multiple Choice
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.
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Multiple Choice
Based on the analogy below, what must be true about the word "notifying"?
NOTIFYING is to INFORMING as SLEEPING is to SLUMBERING
Notifying is a part of informing.
Notifying meanings informing.
Notifying is the opposite of informing.
Notifying causes informing.
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Multiple Choice
Based on the analogy below, what must be true about the word "triviality"?
TRIVIALITY is to VALUE as SERIOUSNESS is to HUMOR
A triviality lacks value.
A triviality is a type of value.
A triviality causes value.
A triviality has value.
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Multiple Choice
What does the analogy in this excerpt imply?
"Science is built up of facts, as a house is built of stones; but an accumulation of facts is no more a science than a heap of stones is a house."
Like stones, science can be used to build great things, but those things can be destroyed.
Like a house, a stone can contain life, but life can exist elsewhere.
Like an architect, a scientist must use both imagination and logic.
Like a house, science is constructed from building blocks that are used in a specific way.
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Multiple Choice
"I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided, and that is the lamp of experience."
What does the analogy in this quote imply?
Like lamps, the speaker's feet will lead the way for others to follow.
Like a light, the speaker will help those who are lost.
Like a lamp, the past has helped the speaker find his way.
Like a light, the past has helped the speaker drive out darkness.
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