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Does Anyone Have A Good Example Of An Analogy?

I have homework where I have to compare authors by using analogies. I don't understand how to come up with these.

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    Saphira777 2 years ago

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      TRY THIS:The Effects of Use of Analogy Attitude and Source Credibility


      (from Greek "according to a ratio"), originally, a similarity in proportional relationships. It may be a similarity between two figures (e.g., triangles) that differ in scale or between two quantities, one of which, though unknown, can be calculated if its relation to the other is known to be similar to that in which two other known quantities stand. Thus, if 2:4::4:x, it can be seen that x = 8. Another form of analogy noted by the Greeks is that of inferring similarity of function, known as "educing the correlate." Aristotle (Topics, i, 17) stated the formulas of these two kinds of analogy: "As A is to B, so C is to D"; and "As A is in B, so C is in D." (from Greek "according to a ratio"), originally, a similarity in proportional relationships. It may be a similarity between two figures (e.g., triangles) that differ in scale or between two quantities, one of which, though unknown, can be calculated if its relation to the other is known to be similar to that in which two other known quantities stand. Thus, if 2:4::4:x, it can be seen that x = 8. Another form of analogy noted by the Greeks is that of inferring similarity of function, known as "educing the correlate." Aristotle (Topics, i, 17) stated the formulas of these two kinds of analogy: "As A is to B, so C is to D"; and "As A is in B, so C is in D."

      NASCARNUT 2 years ago

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