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Chapter 6 of 10

Worked examples

The method applied.

Two examples

Chapter is to book: a chapter is a major division of a book, so movement is to symphony. Drop is to ocean: a drop is the smallest unit of an ocean, so grain is to desert.

  • Note how precision rules out note and dune respectively.
  • The wrong options are related to the topic but not by the same relationship.

When two fit

Sharpen the bridge until only one survives. If both still fit, prefer the one whose relationship matches in strength as well as in kind.