English : Analogy

• ANALOGY

  • comparison of things being alike in some way
  • comparison between things that have a similar features
  • used to help explain a principle or idea
  • implies likeness or parallelism
• Different types of analogies:

  Part to whole

  Cause to effect

  Source to product

  Object to purpose

  Characteristic

  General to specific

  User to tool

  Sequences

  Synonyms

  Antonyms
• PART TO WHOLE

  New York City : New York :: California : United States
• CAUSE TO EFFECT

  Rain : Flood :: Fire : Smoke
• SOURCE TO EFFECT

  Wood : Paper :: Water : Ice
• OJECT TO PURPOSE

  Keyboard : Type :: Pencil : Writing
• CHARACTERISTICS

  Leaf : Tree :: Pencil : Writing
• CHARACTERISTICS

  Leaf : Trees :: Petal : Flower
• GENERAL TO SPECIFIC

  Car : Honda :: Country : Canada
• USER TO TOOLS

  Builder : Hamer :: Writer : Pen
• SYNONYMS

  Mad : Angry :: Happy : Joyfull
• ANTONYMS

  Up : Down :: Left : Right