verbal analogy

I agree that some analogy questions are quite difficult on the SAT test. But I do not feel that by replacing the multiple choice analogies with reading comprehension questions and a writing exercise would make the verbal section of the test any easier. I would rather have nineteen multiple-choice analogy questions than have to do a writing exercise and more reading comprehension. Making the vocabulary in the analogy section less difficult would be nice.
“I always just hated the verbal analogies. There was just a trickiness to them.” Atkinson said. It is true that sometimes not all answers to the questions are obvious right
away. That is why analytical thinking is important to students. Analogies help to assess reasoning skills. Analogy questions are like puzzles. The puzzling questions force ...