Techniques for Answering Analogy Questions

1. Synonyms 2. Antonyms 3. Degree enormous 4. Main and Sub Categories 5. Sub and Main Categories 6. Similar Categories 7. Whole and Part 8. Part and Whole fruit : apple acacia : tree utensil: fork rose : flower piano : pedal icing : cake unhappy : sad in : out proud : arrogant nervous : tense covered: exposed shy: agoraphobic big:

potato : carrot plate : crockery branch : tree

Doberman : Collie

9. Action object doctor : thermometer mathematician : calculator 10. Product and Substance 11. Number or quantity 12. Making categories 13. Part of Speech Relation garbled : slur 14. CAUSE : EFFECT Example wince : pain.. 15. PERSON : DEFINING CHARACTERISTIC Example comedian : entertain pilgrim : piety 16. SOMETHINGOLOGY :WHAT IS STUDIED Example psychology : personality entomology : insects 17: QUALITY : UNIT FOR MEASUREMENT OF THAT QUALITY Example weight : pound speedometer : speed invest : profit clay : pottery ox : oxen floor : tiles words : poetry crow : murder roof : shingles

Example strut : ostentatious