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Common Relationships
These next sections describe the eleven most common SAT analogy relationships.
It is to your advantage to memorize them so you can approach the analogy questions on the SAT with confidence.
Type 1: Type Of
SOCCER:SPORT:: You saw one like this before, remember? Soccer is a type of sport.
Here's another example: JAYWALK:MISDEMEANOR:: Jaywalk is a type of misdemeanor, or minor crime.
Type 2: Definition
PROCRASTINATOR:DELAY:: A procrastinator is someone who delays. Or you could say, delay is what a procrastinator does.
Whatever order you use for the stem words is the order you must use for each of the choices.
Type 3: Opposites
STARVATION:BINGEING:: Starvation is the opposite of bingeing.
Type 4: Lack Of
PAUPER:MONEY:: A pauper lacks money. The first word lacks the second word.
Type 5: Same
PERSUASIVE:CONVINCING:: Someone who is persuasive is also convincing; the two words are synonyms.
Type 6: Extremes
HOT:SCALDING:: The second word is the extreme of the first word.
Type 7: Part to Whole
PLATOON:SOLDIER:: The second word is part of the first word.
Type 8: Use
GILLS:BREATHING:: Gills are used for breathing. The first word is used for the purpose of the second word.
Type 9: Place
DESERT:OASIS:: The second word is located in the first word.
Type 10: Sign Of
SNARL:ANGER:: The first word is a sign of the second word.
Type 11: Job-Related Pairs
SURGERY:INCISION:: An incision is performed in surgery. The second word is something that is done during the first word.
SCALPEL:SURGERY:: A scalpel — which is a doctor's cutting tool — is used in surgery. The first word is a tool used for doing the second word.
CONSTRUCTION:CARPENTER:: The second word is someone who performs the first word.
Practice Makes Perfect
The best thing you can do to improve your analogy score is to practice answering analogy questions. That way, you can learn the many types of analogies, practice using the strategies, and learn meanings of new words. There are many analogy questions in the quiz. Make sure you do them all.
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