WARM-UP

ANALOGY

DICTIONARY : BOOK :: ballet : _____

3. dance

Word Quiz
careening

If you were in a car that was careening down the highway, you might feel

1. impatient.

(What is an analogy?)
PICKY : FINICKY :: fabric : _____

1. cotton

What does it mean?
fervor

Erika gave her speech with fervor.

1. She showed a passion for her subject.

11/13/07

What word completes the analogy?

(What is an analogy?)
ARM : SLEEVE :: _____ : lunchbox

1. lunch

What does it mean?
miscreant

Who in "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" could be called a miscreant?

2. the evil queen

(What is an analogy?)
DOOR : REFRIGERATOR :: _____ : cupcake


3. baked

What does it mean?
lyceum

Which would you be most likely to find in a lyceum?

1. people listening

What word completes the analogy?

(What is an analogy?)

BREAD : SANDWICH :: hoof : _____

1. foot

What does it mean?

designate

One way to designate someone in a game would be to

3. say "You're It!"

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(What is an analogy?)
GLOSS : SHEEN :: _____ : stagger

hurry

WORD QUIZ

circumspect

When I was raking in the yard, my little brother behaved in a circumspect way.

3. He watched me from behind a tree.

11/5/07

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(What is an analogy?)

POMPON : DECORATIVE :: _____ : fragile

2)eggshell

Word Quiz

sylvan

Which children's book seems to have a sylvan setting?

1)Little House in the Big Woods

11/2/07

(What is an analogy?)

BURP : BELCH :: loyal : _____

1. faithful


WORD QUIZ

draconian

Which might you see at a school with draconian rules?

2. kids acting well-behaved but fearful

11/01/07

What word completes the analogy?

(What is an analogy?)
TASTY : GROSS :: firm : _____

1. solid


WORD QUIZ

anticlimax
"After practicing my role for weeks," said Marva, "the show was an anticlimax."

2. "Only three people showed up to watch."