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b: lashing neon
What: "Quotation marks are like flashing neon: "Pay attention. This is important." So watch that you only put words in the mouths of important characters, and then only important words."
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Writer: Kathryn Craft
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Date: Oct 15 2013 7:45 PM
# 4069 Critique Analogy
a: Quotation mark ~
b: boobies
What: "Quotation marks are like boobies. They come in pairs."
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Writer: Kornstalx
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Date: Oct 15 2013 7:44 PM
# 4070 Critique Analogy
a: Quotation mark ~
b: the Romulan Cloaking Device
What: "Naturally, the dreaded exclamation point. I'd like to point out that I used two of them in this blog post, but they were rendered harmless because they were enclosed in quotation marks. Quotation marks are like the Romulan Cloaking Device for exclamation points."
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Writer: Andrew Smith
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Date: Oct 15 2013 7:47 PM
# 4071 Critique Analogy
a: Quotation mark ~
b: bookends
What: "Quotation marks are like bookends; they work in pairs.
Quotation marks indicate direct quotations, enclosing the
exact words of a speaker, and are also used in a few other
special situations"
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Writer: Monique Brewer
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Date: Oct 15 2013 7:50 PM
# 4072 Critique Analogy
a: Quotation mark ~
b: double scissors
What: "Quotation marks are like double scissors ("snip!"); they literally cut out and lift information from the original source into your paper. This is useful when the exact words of the author are important."
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Writer: Not Stated
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Date: Oct 15 2013 7:51 PM
# 4073 Critique Analogy
a: Quotation mark ~
b: fences
What: "We teach little children that quotation marks are like fences, and that since commas and periods are very small, they need to stay inside the fences. While we are not little children, it is good way to remember that these little marks stay inside the borders of the quotation marks."
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Writer: Not Stated
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Date: Oct 15 2013 7:53 PM
# 4074 Critique Analogy
a: Quotation mark ~
b: little arms
What: "When trying to place your punctuation, remember this little picture: quotation marks are like little arms that lovingly hug your sentence and your punctuation. Keep the punctuation inside of the quotation marks."
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Writer: Not Stated
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Date: Oct 15 2013 7:55 PM
# 4075 Critique Analogy
a: Quotation mark ~
b: mini- affidavits
What: "Quotation marks are like mini- affidavits. They assure your readers that the words between the marks are exactly the same as in the original. Think photocopy. Think cut and paste."
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Writer: Suzanne E. Rowe
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Date: Oct 15 2013 7:56 PM
# 4076 Critique Analogy
METAMIA is a free database of analogy and metaphor. Anyone can contribute or search. The subject matter can be anything. Science is popular, but poetry is encouraged. The goal is to integrate our fluid muses with the stark literalism of a relational database. Metamia is like a girdle for your muses, a cognitive girdle.