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    Verbal analogies provide training in seeing relationships between concepts. They appear frequently on standardized tests and employment screens to assess quickness and verbal skills. Mastering this skill by determining the relationship between the first word pair and applying it to eliminate incorrect answer choices for the second pair can help improve performance on such assessments. Common relationships include synonyms, antonyms, general to specific classification, degrees of the same quality, and person to tool or interest.

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    Verbal analogies provide training in seeing relationships between concepts. They appear frequently on standardized tests and employment screens to assess quickness and verbal skills. Mastering this skill by determining the relationship between the first word pair and applying it to eliminate incorrect answer choices for the second pair can help improve performance on such assessments. Common relationships include synonyms, antonyms, general to specific classification, degrees of the same quality, and person to tool or interest.

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    Verbal analogies provide training in seeing relationships between concepts. They appear frequently on standardized tests and employment screens to assess quickness and verbal skills. Mastering this skill by determining the relationship between the first word pair and applying it to eliminate incorrect answer choices for the second pair can help improve performance on such assessments. Common relationships include synonyms, antonyms, general to specific classification, degrees of the same quality, and person to tool or interest.

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    VERBAL ANALOGIES: AN INTRODUCTION Verbal analogies provide excellent training in seeing relationships between concepts.

    From a practical standpoint, verbal analogies always appear on standardized tests (like the SAT, the GRE, and other professional exams). Increasingly, too, employers may use these word comparisons on personnel and screening tests to determine an applicants quickness and verbal acuity. So it is worth your while to master this skill, and besides, theyre fun to do. How to "Read" Analogies The symbol ( : ) means "is to" and the symbol ( : : ) means "as." Thus, the analogy, "aspirin : headache : : nap : fatigue," should be read "aspirin is to headache as nap is to fatigue." Stated another way, the relationship between aspirin and headache is the same as the relationship between nap and fatigue. Tips for Doing Analogies

    entomologist : insects : : philosopher : ideas 6. Part and Whole eraser : pencil : : tooth : comb 7. Steps in a Process cooking : serving : : word processing : printing 8. Cause and Effect (or Typical Result) fire : scorch : : blizzard : freeze 9. Thing and Its Function scissors : cut : : pen : write 10. Qualities or Characteristics aluminum : lightweight : : thread : fragile 11. Substance Related to End Product silk : scarf : : wool : sweater 12. Implied Relationships light : knowledge cow : milk gold : valuable shovel : dig poison : death birth : life : death wheels : bicycle

    Try to determine the relationship between the first pair of words. Eliminate any pairs in your answer choices that dont have the same relationship. Try putting the first pair into a sentence: "Aspirin relieves a headache." Therefore, a nap relieves fatigue. Sometimes paying attention to the words parts of speech helps. For example "knife" (noun) : "cut" (verb) : : "pen" (also a noun) : "write" (also a verb).

    clouds : sun : : hypocrisy : truth 13. Thing and What It Lacks atheist : belief : : indigent : money 14. Symbol and What It Represents Uncle Sam : U. S. spinster : husband

    Common Relationships Between Word Pairs boring : monotonous

    1. Sameness (synonyms) wealthy : affluent : : indigent : poverty-stricken 2. Oppositeness (antonyms) zenith : nadir : : pinnacle : valley 3. Classification Order (general specific) orange : fruit : : beet : vegetable 4. Difference of Degree (or Connotative Values) slender : skinny clever : crafty : : modest : prim 5.

    genuine : phony

    food : fruit : peach

    cool : cold : frozen

    Person Related to Tool, Major Trait, writer : novel Skill, or Interest

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