They write about how things are similar or different. They often note how two things are related to each other in ways that are similar to other relationships. For example, a writer might point out that food is to an animal the way gasoline is to a car. They are both fuel and the things that they power. Analogies can be used to compare all kinds of relationships between words or the ideas they represent.
Doctor is to disease as police officer is to crime .
A doctor fights disease and a police officer fights crime. Generous is to selfish as top is to bottom . Each word is followed by its antonym, or opposite. D og is to mammal as robin is to bird . Complete each of the following analogies by choosing the missing word.