Tuesday, June 17, 2014

Week #1: Analogies

Thank you for participating in this year's summer blog. Remember that you can do as many weeks or as few as you wish. You will be earning language arts bonus points to begin the upcoming school year. You have until next Tuesday to e-mail me the answers.
ANALOGIES- each is worth .25= 4 total bonus points (out of 16)
There are many relationships between analogies. They can be synonyms like beautiful and pretty. They can be antonyms like big and little. They can be homophones like tail and tale. And they can be example and class like Jolly Rancher and candy. Finish the analogies below. Then, decide whether their relationship is a synonym, antonym, homophone, or example/class.
1. rest is to wrest like hostel is to ________________    Relationship: __________________
A. hotel      B. relax      C.hostile      D. wrench
2. melt is to dissolve like expire is to _____________     Relationship: __________________
A. harden      B. die      C. expose      D. live
3. lipstick is to cosmetic like linguine is to ______________       Relationship: _____________
A. rouge      B. language      C. ravioli      D. pasta
4. spiritual is to corporal like sage is to _______________     Relationship: ______________
A. stage      B. smart      C. unwise      D. body
5. personal is to public like praise is to ________________       Relationship: ____________
A. condemn      B. prays      C. honor      D. private
6. feat is to accomplishment like precipitation is to ________    Relationship: ____________
A. rain       B. deed       C. feat       D. perspiration
7. scarf is to accessory like cucumber is to _____________     Relationship: ____________
A. color      B. garden      C. helper     D. vegetable
8. apprehensive is to fearful like congenial is to ______________   Relationship: _________
A. angry     B. amiable      C. congested      D. congealed