Grade 8 Fall — Multi-Source Synthesis, Formal Academic Style, and the Verbals/Voice/Mood Suite
English · VOC
G8
eng.g8.f.voc.verbal_analogy_six_relationships
Complete verbal analogies across 6 relationship types (CCSS L.8.5.b)
Identify and complete A:B :: C:D verbal analogies. Recognize the 6 relationship types: FUNCTION (pencil:write :: brush:paint); MEMBER-OF (sonnet:poem :: novel:fiction); CAUSE-EFFECT (rain:flood :: drought:famine); DEGREE-OF (warm:hot :: cool:cold); PART-WHOLE (petal:flower :: page:book); ACTION-ACTOR (write:author :: paint:artist). Use the 'name the relationship in the first pair, find the parallel' routine.
Mastery threshold
85%
Min instances
10
Typical minutes
45
Spaced intervals (days)
1, 3, 7, 14, 30
Common misconceptions
- Tries to find a word that 'goes with' D rather than identifying the relationship between A and B first.
- Confuses MEMBER-OF (sonnet is a TYPE of poem) with PART-WHOLE (petal is a PART of flower) — both involve containment but differ in kind.