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Choose the type of analogy used in this sentence:

Water is to moisten as spade is to dig.
A synonym analogy
B.antonym analogy
C. description analogy
D. function analogy

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It would be D function analogy.
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The analogy "Water is to moisten as spade is to dig," is a function analogy.

An analogy is the comparison of two pairs of words. Specifically, a function analogy compares the function of two things. In this example, the funtion of water is to moisten, while the function of a spade is to dig.

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