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Analogy
Includes questions related to comparing different items using something known to explain the unknown.
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Does the phrase Their time was up indicate that their death was predestined?
It can -- it can also mean that a timed event was literally over.
What is an analogy for something that looks delicate but is actually very strong?
A spidersilk cacle.
What is the analogy for dirty?
dirty - filthy : neat - tidy (analogous relationship = synonyms) dirty - clean : disarray - organization (analogous realtionship = antonyms)
Crew is to sailors as battalion is to?
Soldiers.
A crew is made of sailors. A battalion is a group of soldiers.
Garrison Commander is the person that facilitate the project of the troop. The troop is responsible for building properties and to watch over the welfare of the people in their fortress.
Analogical leveling is when speakers generalize amongst forms in a language--so if you have the strong verb drive-drove-driven, and you apply that form to the weak verb dive-dived-dived, you end up with some people who say dive-dove-dived. Usually it works the other way--strong verbs becoming weak--and there are other places where it appears, such as how English ended up with only one plural marker.
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Which of the following is a helpful strategy for understanding an analogy?
All Of The Above
All of the above. - APEX
Complete analogies having to do with death?
Death is like taking a nap. Throughout life you grow tired and weak, so finally you need a nice long rest. Some people don't seem tired on the outside, but they are on the inside. So when death comes, simply take his hand and gently pass over and fall asleep.
You can buy meat substitutes made of soy, such as soy dogs, soy sausage, soy "bacon", soy jerky, etc.
How do you solve this analogy poem is to poet as letter is to?
The key to solving an analogy (or in this case, a comparative word puzzle) is to figure out what the relationship is between the first two words.
For this particular puzzle, a poem is written by a poet. Therefore, you need to figure out who would write a letter. I can think of several answers: author, pen pal, friend, mother, spouse, etc.
