4th Class English Suktistbakaha Analogy

Analogy

Analogy is a comparison between two different things in order to highlight some point of similarity.

Let us look at some examples to understand analogy

1.                As "ice-cream" is sweet, "pizza" is______.

(a) bitter                        (b) spicy      

(c) sour                          (d) sw-eet

(e.) None of these

Ans.        (b)

Pizza is spicy.

2.                As "lawyer" is related to court, "doctor" is related to ______.

(a) hospital                     (b) patient     

(c) nurse                        (d) medicine      

(e) None of these

Ans.        (a)

Hospital is the working place of a doctor in the same way as court is the working place of a lawyer.

3.                As "sheep" is related to lamb, in the same way "deer" is related to which of the following?

(a) Cub                          (b) Kitten     

(c) Farrow                      (d) Faw-n

(e) None of these

Ans.        (d)

Lamb is young one of sheep, so young one of deer is fawn.

4.                As "man" is related to house, in the same way "tiger" is related to ______.

(a) palace                      (b) circus     

(c) museum                    (d) den

(e) None of these

Ans.        (d)

Tiger lives in den as man lives in house.