All SSAT Upper Level Verbal Resources
Example Questions
Example Question #2 : Product And Producer
Complete this analogy.
Bard it to poetry as __________ is to drama.
thespian
lecturer
mendicant
confidante
allegory
thespian
A "bard" is a poet, someone who produces poetry. So, to solve this analogy you need to determine which of these is a dramatist, someone who produces or performs in drama. The answer choice should therefore be something like "actor," so the correct answer is "thespian." A "thespian" is a dramatic actor who appears in plays. Additionally, a "mendicant" is a beggar; a "lecturer" is a professor, someone who lectures at a university; a "confidante" is someone trusted who is told secrets, someone whom information is confided in; an "allegory" is a story that purports to be about one thing, but is actually about something else that is concealed within the story.
Example Question #504 : Analogies
Complete this analogy.
Tanner is to __________ as milliner is to hat.
wood
copper
iron
wool
leather
leather
A "milliner" is someone who makes hats. So, to solve this analogy you need to determine which of these answer choices is made or crafted by a "tanner." The correct answer is "leather."
Example Question #511 : Analogies
Complete this analogy.
Star is to light as stove is to __________.
food
heat
kitchen
sounds
images
heat
How is "light" related to "star"? A star emits light. To solve this analogy, then, you have to figure out which of the answer choices is emitted by a stove. A stove emits heat, so the correct answer is "heat."
Example Question #512 : Analogies
Complete this analogy.
Baker is to pastry as ________________.
accountant is to office
morning is to breakfast
barista is to coffee
loaf is to bread
cop is to parole
barista is to coffee
A baker is someone who makes pastries, so the correct answer will demonstrate a relationship between someone who makes something and what they make. A barista is someone who makes coffee, and is therefore the correct answer.
Example Question #513 : Analogies
Complete this analogy.
Mint is to _____________ as smelter is to metal.
oil
money
plastic
marble
condition
money
A "smelter" is a factory that produces "metal" using heat. So, to solve this analogy you simply need to determine what is produced at a "mint." The correct answer is "money." A "mint" is a place where "money" is produced by the government.
Example Question #514 : Analogies
Complete this analogy.
Kidney is to __________ as heart is to blood.
liquid
sweat
skin
urine
organ
urine
"Blood" is produced in the "heart," so to solve this analogy you need to determine what is produced in the "kidneys." Well, "kidneys" are organs in the human body that filter out waste and produce "urine."
Example Question #515 : Analogies
Complete this analogy.
Haberdasher is to clothing as poulterer is to _____________.
beer
heating
chickens
electricity
wheat
chickens
A "haberdasher" is someone who sells or makes "clothing." So, to solve this analogy you need to determine what it is that a "poulterer" sells or makes. Based on the similarity between "poulterer" and "poultry" it would be reasonable to guess "chickens." Reasonable and correct!
Example Question #1 : Tool And Use
Complete this analogy.
Handle is to carry as pocket is to __________.
lose
hold
illuminate
hire
pretend
hold
One uses a handle to carry something, so we need to pick out an answer choice that describes what one uses a pocket to do to something. Pockets are used for containing things or carrying things, so we need to pick out an answer choice that means something like “contain” or “carry.” “Hold,” when used as a verb, means “to contain,” and because one uses a pocket to hold something just as one uses a handle to carry something, “hold” is the correct answer.
Example Question #2 : Tool And Use
Complete this analogy.
__________ is to sleep as bistro is to eat.
Stronghold
Citadel
Dormitory
Hospice
Garrison
Dormitory
A "bistro" is a cafe, a place where you eat. So, to solve this analogy you need to determine which of these answers means a place where you sleep. The correct answer is "dormitory." To provide additional help, the prefix dorm- means sleep, rest. Finally, a "hospice" is a place where people, particularly old or sick people, are cared for; the other three answer choices are all synonyms, all three words mean fortress, fort.
Example Question #3 : Tool And Use
Complete this analogy.
Bloodhound is to __________ as sheepdog is to herding.
aggressive
training
docile
hunting
canine
hunting
One uses a "sheepdog" to "herd" sheep, so to solve this analogy you need to determine what one uses a "bloodhound" for. Even if you had not heard the word before, the use of "blood" should help you choose the correct answer which is "hunting." Additionally, "canine" means dog, related to dogs; "docile" means obedient, submissive, not aggressive or disobedient.
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