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How to Analyze an Analogy

Being able to accurately analyze an analogy is a fundamental skill for an aspiring student who wants to score well on the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) and go on to college. If you do not correctly analyze an analogy, you won't solve it correctly. Considering that every point value adds up in the SAT, it is pivotal for your academic future that you learn how to do it early on -- and that you learn how to do it correctly.

Instructions

    • 1

      Create a sentence that includes both words in the analogy. Given the analogy dalmatian:dog, create the sentence "A dalmatian is a type of dog." Given the analogy wallet:money, create the sentence "A wallet contains money." Given the analogy medicine:illness, create the sentence "The purpose of medicine is to cure illness." Given the analogy extort:obtain, create the sentence "You might extort someone to obtain something."

    • 2

      Replace the words in the analogy with the words from the available analogy answers to create new sentences. Given the initial analogy extort:obtain and the following analogy answers -- pilfer:steal, explode: ignite and consider:appeal -- create the following sentences:

      "You might pilfer someone to steal something."

      "You might plagiarize someone to borrow something."

      "You might explode someone to ignite something."

      "You might consider someone to appeal something."

    • 3

      Pick the analogy answer that makes sense. Given the example, the only sentence that makes sense is "You might plagiarize someone to borrow something." Thus, that is the answer to the analogy. If none of the analogies make sense or more than one of them makes sense, then start again at Step 1.

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