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An analogy is a type of word problem that often appears on standardized
tests. It is made up of two word pairs.
Any time you recognize that the relationship between two particular
items is similar to the relationship between another set of items, you
have identified an analogy. In common speech, words paired as "opposites"
are sometimes contradictions and sometimes contraries. Example, "night"
and "day" may be understood as contradictory if "night" is the time between
sunset and sunrise, and "day" between sunrise and sunset. On the
other hand, if "twilight" is recognized as a time that is neither "night"
nor "day", then they are only contrary.
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