Chose one of the three Samples as the most analogous to the Model, and write it down, with your reasoning.

3.- Directions - Six :-) The regular solids in the model are: piramid, cube, octahedron, and two more. Of the samples, the six directions are: forward, backward, upward, downward, rightward and leftward. These directions can be pointed out in solids. The cardinal points are: north, south, east and west; they are planar. The five continents are concrete entities, while the other sampes are concepts. It cannot be said that five is to solids as six is to directions. Therefore, this is an irregular type of analogy, or no analogy at all. The model should have been 'Solid - Directions' and the samples something like 'Map - Cardinal points.' Still, this game serves the purpose of making the mind work to solve a problem analytically. In the present case, the mind is 'fooled' into 'organizing' the pairs to make them appear adequate for a game of analogy. This is a mechanism of the mind to avoid disorder.

4.- Animal - Ears:-) Ears are part of an animal, as branches are part of a tree. Legs are also part of a table, yet they are artificial. Grass is not a part of the soil. If there had been a sample 'Rose - Petals,' it would have been the right choice, for being vegetals too. Thus, class is another type of attribute. In the present game one may chose the attribute of belonging to the class of being living entities. However, before the attribute of class, stands the attribute of being a constituent (Aristotle's 'being in'). Therefore, one would say, "As branches are constituent parts of an organism, so are ears."