Thursday November 1, 2007
What word completes the analogy?
(What is an analogy?)
TASTY : GROSS :: firm : _____
1. solid
2. loose
3. ground

WORD QUIZ
anticlimax
"After practicing my role for weeks," said Marva, "the show was an anticlimax."
1. "I got two standing ovations and a bouquet of roses."
2. "Only three people showed up to watch."
3. "My mom videotaped the whole thing."

Wednesday October 31, 2007
ANALOGY/WORDQUIZ/WPM
ARMHOLES : SHIRT :: pages : _____
1.recycled
2. magazine
3. written

reticent
Who is likely to be described as reticent?
1. a penny pincher
2. a bundle of nerves
3. a man of few words

Tuesday October 30, 2007
ANALOGY
GALAXY : HUGE :: _____ : brass
1. trumpet
2. dull
3. steel

WORD QUIZ
overture
You would most likely find an overture
1. at a French bakery.
2. at the top of a tall building.
3. at the beginning of an opera.

Monday October 29, 2007
WARM UP
(What is an analogy?)
LOUISIANA : STATE :: barn : _____
1. horse
2. building
3. farm

WORD QUIZ
fusty
If you visited friends who lived in a fusty house, you might decide to
1. wear your best clothes.
2. open a window.
3. share your food.

Friday October 26, 2007

ANALOGY/WORD QUIZ
RULER : MEASURING :: crayon : _____
1. wax
2. supplies
3. coloring

WORD QUIZ
porcine
Which Looney Tunes animal is truly porcine?
1. Porky Pig
2. Bugs Bunny
3. Tweety Bird

Thursday October 25, 2007

WARM -UP-ANALOGY/WORD/WPM
PURSUE : CHASE :: roomy : _____
1. chamber
2. spacious
3. small

Word Quiz
What does it mean?
inert
Which could be described as inert?
1. a couch potato
2. a jumping bean
3. an ant farm

Wednesday October 24, 2007

WATCH : IGNORE :: gather : _____
1. combine
2. scatter
3. rake

Word Quiz
ennui
Someone who is suffering from ennui feels
1. very itchy.
2. very achy.
3. very bored.