This document discusses how to use analogy in describing or making a point. It provides examples of similes and metaphors as types of figurative analogies. The key points are: - A simile directly compares two unlike things using "like" or "as", while a metaphor implicitly compares two things viewed as the same or essentially interchangeable. - Common similes include "fight like cats and dogs" and "bright as the sun". Common metaphors include "laughter is the best medicine" and "she has been living in a bubble." - To write a good analogy, one should look for common objects to compare, identify their similarities and differences, and make a point about the comparison.

1. USING
ANALOGY IN
DESCRIBING
OR MAKING A
POINT
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2. Objectives
a. identify a figurative analogy;
b. use simile and metaphor in
constructing a figurative analogy; and
c. use a figurative analogy in making or
describing a point.
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3. Let's Try This!
For first to third, think of an object to which
you compare yourself in terms of the activities
indicated; for fourth and fifth, think of an
object to which you can compare the objects
indicated.

4. USING
ANALOGY
For first to third, think of an object to which you compare yourself in
terms of the activities indicated; for fourth and fifth, think of an
object to which you can compare the objects indicated.
I run like
I sound like
I play like
Time is
Money is

5. ANALOGY
refers to a
comparison between two things for the
purpose of explanation or clarification.
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6. There is a comparison about two
things that are not similar but share
only some common property. This is
different with literal analogy wherein
two things that are similar are being
compared.
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It is also a strong rhetorical device
used to make rational arguments and
support ideas by showing
connections and comparisons
between unlike things.

8. Figurative Analogy
Metaphor
Simile

9. SIMILE
A s i m i l e i s a f i g u r e o f s p e e c h i n w h i c h t w o e s s e n t i a l l y
d i s s i m i l a r o b j e c t s o r c o n c e p t s a r e e x p r e s s l y c o m p a r e d
w i t h o n e a n o t h e r t h r o u g h t h e u s e o f “ l i k e ” o r “ a s . ” A
s i m i l e i s u s e d a s a l i t e r a r y d e v i c e t o a s s e r t s i m i l a r i t y
w i t h t h e h e l p o f l i k e o r a s , w h i c h a r e l a n g u a g e
c o n s t r u c t s t h a t e s t a b l i s h e q u i v a l e n c y . A p r o p e r s i m i l e
c r e a t e s a n e x p l i c i t c o m p a r i s o n b e t w e e n t w o t h i n g s
t h a t a r e d i f f e r e n t e n o u g h f r o m e a c h o t h e r s u c h t h a t
t h e i r c o m p a r a b i l i t y a p p e a r s u n l i k e l y .

10. COMMON SIMILES
F i g h t l i k e c a t s a n d d o g s
S p a r k l e l i k e d i a m o n d s
B r i g h t a s t h e s u n
T o u g h a s n a i l s
L i g h t a s a f e a t h e r

11. A metaphor is a figure of speech that makes a
comparison between two unlike things. As a literary
device, metaphor creates implicit comparisons
without the express use of “like” or “as.” Metaphor is
a means of asserting that two things are identical in
comparison rather than just similar. This is useful in
literature for using specific images or concepts to
state abstract truths.
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METAPHOR

12. COMMON METAPHORS
L a u g h t e r i s t h e b e s t m e d i c i n e .
N o m a n i s a n i s l a n d .
T h e r e i s a w e i g h t o n m y s h o u l d e r .
S h e h a s b e e n l i v i n g i n a b u b b l e .

13. HOW CAN WE WRITE A GOOD ANALOGY?
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Think about the
similarities and
differences
between your
objects
3
Describe
or make a point
why you
compare the two
objects.
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Look for
common easily
understood
objects

14. ACTIVITY 1
F o r e a c h i t e m , u s e t h e t w o o b j e c t s o n t h e s e c o n d c o l u m n t o c o n s t r u c t a
f i g u r a t i v e a n a l o g y w h i c h y o u w o u l d p l a c e o n t h e t h i r d c o l u m n . W r i t e y o u r
p o i n t a n d e x p l a n a t i o n o n t h e f o u r t h c o l u m n . Y o u m a y r e f e r t o t h e s a m p l e
p r o v i d e d f o r y o u r g u i d a n c e .

15. ACTIVITY
2
Below are sentences that contain a metaphor or a
simile. In the blank provided, identify which is used in
each sentence by writing metaphor or simile.
The sky was the color of the calm Pacific thousands
of miles from land.
I am as hungry as a bear recently awakened from
hibernation.
She was a kite, floating above the confusion around
her.
Like a silent thief, the dog crept into the kitchen.

17. Thank you!
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