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