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This study aimed to detect the effectiveness of analogy strategy in teaching biology on the development of achievement for second grade female secondary school in the city of Makkah. To achieve the aims of the study The researcher used a quasi-experimental method, and prepared the Learning materials which is teacher's guide and the student's workbook based on analogy strategy, also prepared a test of achievement on the content of and 6, of the second grade secondary school first chapters 5 semester biology syllabus. The validity and stability of the tools was confirmed, then they were applied in pre and post on the study sample, (N=67) which was divided to two groups: one that learned by using analogy strategy and the control group that The T-test was used to learn by using the traditional method identify the differences among the study groups in the two posttest, and by using Eta Square to measure the effect size of the experimental variable. The study reached the following result: There were an effectiveness of analogy strategy in teaching biology on the development of achievement for second grade female secondary school in the city of Makkah. Based on the result of the study, the researcher suggested a number of recommendations the most important of them was: Encourage (female) teachers to use analogy strategy in teaching biology and in other disciplines to develop learner's achievement, the researcher also suggested further studies related to analogy strategies complement the study subject. (Published abstract)