what is this thing called “blank is to blank as blank is to blank?” like, cat is to mammal as hawk is to bird

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what are these called and what are the symbols used?another example: bagel is to cream cheese as chip is to salsa.

Lorine Rath · Accepted Answer

They're called analogies.

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i'm super late to the party, but i'd like to point out to anyone coming even later... the symbol " : " is a colon. The symbol " ; " is a semicolon. Colons are used for these analogies.

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These are analogies. They are on my English Vocab tests ALL the time. Sometimes Semi-colons (:) are used to separate the words. Hope this helps! :]]]

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blank is to ball as hook is to fish

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no, it is not an analogy. an analogy is a similarity between like features or components of two things. for example: a heart and a pump... the heart is called a pump in many circumstances because it easily describes the function of the heart. it's an analogy!the term you are looking for is "word association". such as a cat is associated with mammals and a bird is associated with birds.

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It's called an analogy! The symbols generally used for vocab testing are semicolons._______ :: _______ as _______ :: _______:: = is to

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