Analogy

Jordan Pories: 3: Thomas S. Wootton:

Need to distinguish it from simile--more well developed comparison for purposes of instruction

Definition 1: In [|rhetoric], reasoning or explaining from parallel cases. Source: http://grammar.about.com/od/ab/g/analogy.htm

Definition #2: a comparison between one thing and another made for the purpose of explanation or clarification.

Source: http://www.wordreference.com/definition/analogy

Definition in your own "student friendly" words: A means of putting something into perspective by comparing it to another, similar situation, like a more powerful simile. For example, " He was as tall as a six-foot, three-inch tree."

Link to example #1 (text, advertisement, video, speech, etc): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DH_IqDD58Qg

2-3 sentence explanation of why it is a good example: it's a good example because it very clearly relates buying a used car to a handful of other, familiar situations. For instance, everyone knows what a kid at a candy store feels: happiness at the fact that he is surrounded by the thing he wants the most.

Link to example #2 (text, advertisement, video, speech, etc): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_M9WrTC_qM

2-3 sentence explanation of why it is a good example: Forrest Gump successfully analogizes life by comparing it to the mysteries held inside fancy chocolate boxes, because you never really know what flavor each piece is. For instance, the milk chocolate caramel piece looks just like the orange creme filled one. And the orange creme filled one WILL KILL YOU. And the milk chocolate caramel one won't.

David: 4: Wootton

Definition #1: An inference that if two or more things agree with one another in some respects they will probably agree in others;a resemblance in some particulars between things otherwise unlike "similarity"; a comparison based on such resemblance.

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Definition #2: A similarity between like features of two things, on which a comparison may be based: "the analogy between the heart and a pump."

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Definition in your own "student friendly" words: A comparison similar to a simile or metaphor, comparing two things using "is/was to": EX: "Dancing was to John what baseball was to Susan: nothing important." -David Sherman, 2011

Link to example #1 (text, advertisement, video, speech, etc): "I am to dancing what Roseanne is to singing and Donald Duck to motivational speeches. I am as graceful as a refrigerator falling down a flight of stairs."

(Leonard Pitts, "Curse of Rhythm Impairment." //Miami Herald//, Sep. 28, 2009)

2-3 sentence explanation of why it is a good example: Pitts compares two unlike things (dancing and motivational speeches) by using an analogy. However, unlike simile, an analogy allows the user to be more in depth and more closely compare two things.

Link to example #2 (text, advertisement, video, speech, etc): "......So, just as in the game of rugby, **the forwards**, like the marketing department, do the initial work to **create the platform and to make the opportunities**, and then pass the ball out to **the backs**, the sales department, who then use their **skills and energy** to **score the tries**. The **forwards** and the **backs**, just like **marketing** and **sales**, are each good at what they do: and they **work together** so that the **team wins**..." said the consultant, finishing his talk.

2-3 sentence explanation of why it is a good example: The person giving the analogy again compares the radically different departments to rugby positions. By using analogy, the speaker is able to weave a much more complex comparison than if he was using a metaphor or simile instead.

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Definition #1: a similarity between like features of two things, on which a comparison may be based://the analogy between the heart and the pump.// Source: []

Definition #2: similarity or comparibility : //I see no analogy between your problem and mine// Source: []

Definition in your own "student friendly" words: Analogies are conclusions made through comparing similarities between two unlike yet corresponding subjects.

Link to example #1 (text, advertisement, video, speech, etc): "Writing a book of poetry is like dropping a rose petal down the Grand Canyon and waiting for the echo."(Don Marquis)

2-3 sentence explanation of why it is a good example: Marquis compares creating poetry to "dropping a rose petal down the Grand Canyon." He does this to portray how an author feels while waiting for the response of his audience, as well as how the poem will eventually be heard or get recognition.

Link to example #2 (text, advertisement, video, speech, etc): "If I had not agreed to review this book, I would have stopped after five pages. After 600, I felt as if I were inside a bass drum banged on by a clown."(Richard Brookhiser, "Land Grab." //The New York Times//, Aug. 12, 2007)

2-3 sentence explanation of why it is a good example: Brookhiser compares reading an unenjoyable book to being inside a drum thats "banged on by a clown". He does this to show how difficult and irritating it may be to have to focus on uninteresting topics.

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