RICHIE’S SSAT Upper Level · Volume 05

Analogies

THE BRIDGE-FIRST METHOD

Name the relationship. Test every choice.

  • 7RELATIONSHIP FAMILIES · 20 FOCUSED BRIDGE UNITS
  • 582CURATED WORD PAIRS · 23 WORKED SAMPLE QUESTIONS
  • 7PART REVIEWS · 6 MINI TESTS · 2 FULL-LENGTH ANALOGY TESTS · 30 QUESTIONS EACH

524 PRACTICE QUESTIONS · FIVE-PART EXPLANATIONS

Book Companion · 2026 Edition · v1.0

RICHIE’S SSAT Upper Level Analogies — front cover
“Name the relationship before you choose the pair.”

Turn every pair into a testable relationship.

Analogy questions are solved by relationship, not by feel. This book turns that principle into a repeatable routine: decode the stem, name the bridge, state one Test Line, and eliminate every choice that fails it. Use a clear Test Line to check all five choices against the stem relationship.

Inside this book

7 families · 20 units
A clear map from contrast and degree to sequence and capability.
582 curated word pairs
Concise meanings, context sentences, and spaced study checks.
23 worked sample questions
Three core-strategy walkthroughs plus one model in every unit.
524 questions · 524 explanations
Stem → Bridge → Test Line → Match → Eliminate.
7 part reviews · 6 mini tests
Cumulative retrieval at each major transition.
2 full-length analogy tests
30 questions each, with a 15-minute training target; not a separate section of the exam.

Word Lists & Tests

Book Companion

20 Units · 594 must-know words chosen from the book’s stem pairs and exercises

  • 20 Word Lists
  • 40 Word Tests
  • 594 words

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  • Word List · 1 page
  • Test Form A · 1 page
  • Test Form B · page 1 of 2
  • Test Form B · page 2 of 2
Analogies companion: every unit's files
UnitWord ListTest Form ATest Form BAll three
Unit 01 · Direct & Contextual Opposites1 p1 p2 pp4 pp
Unit 02 · Absence, Prevention & Removal1 p1 p2 pp4 pp
Unit 03 · Degree & Intensity1 p1 p2 pp4 pp

PART 1 · CONTRAST & DEGREE

Unit 01 · Direct & Contextual Opposites

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