Answer: C) snow : cold.
Explanation: an analogy is a comparison between one thing and another, usually with the purpose of explanation or clarification, this comparison is based on one similarity or difference between specific features of two things. The relation between the first pair of words is that the second word "soft" describes one characteristic of the first word "cotton." From the given options, the pair that has the same relation, is the corresponding to option C: "cold" is a characteristic of "snow."