Analogies: Understanding Relationships
This Grade 8 ELA worksheet focuses on understanding and solving analogies, a key skill for vocabulary development and critical thinking.
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Analogies: Understanding Relationships
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Read each analogy carefully. Determine the relationship between the first pair of words, then choose the word that best completes the second pair to establish the same relationship. Some sections may require you to explain the relationship.
1. Up : Down :: In :
Within
Out
Under
Into
2. Chef : Kitchen :: Doctor :
Patient
Hospital
Medicine
Stethoscope
3. Hot : Cold :: Wet :
4. Artist : Painting :: Author :
5. Fin : Fish :: Wing :
6. Explain the relationship in the analogy: 'Tiny : Enormous :: Whisper : Shout'
7. What type of relationship is shown in the analogy: 'Hammer : Tool :: Apple : Fruit'?
Match each analogy starter with its correct completion.
8. Bark : Dog
a. Roar : Lion
9. Chapter : Book
b. Page : Chapter
10. Bright : Dim
c. Happy : Sad
11. Look at the image. If 'Justice : Scales', then ' : '
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