Random Analogies
a: Independent clause ~
b: adult
What: "If an independent clause is like an adult, then a dependent clause is like a baby. If
you leave a baby alone in the world, it will die. A dependent clause is like this. Even if
you put a capital letter at the beginning and a period at the end of a dependent clause, it
will never be a sentence. In fact, it "
Useful?
Writer: mleek
LCC:
Where:
Date: Oct 9 2013 1:15 PM
# 3876 Critique Analogy
a: Facebook ~
b: driving down a street lined with billboards
What:
I look at my Facebook feed every day or so. I'm hesitant to put anything up. The idea of posting something that will be monetized is annoying. Within the last 6 months there is a radical increase in the amount of ads inserted into the stream. It's endless. It like driving down a long street that is lined with billboards on either side for miles on end. The ads interfere with the content. They will soon swamp out the content.
Useful?
Writer: Lucrezia
LCC:
Where: Reference Link Has Evaporated
Date: May 7 2014 6:39 PM
# 5638 Critique Analogy
a: small intestine ~
b: long, coiled tube
What:
"The small intestine is like a long, coiled tube. The center of that tube, the lumen, is filled with food material and bacteria that normally don't cause disease. It's protected from harmful pathogens by a layer of mucus secreted from goblet cells. "
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Writer: Jim Dryden
LCC: QP
Where:
Date: Jan 26 2015 7:24 PM
# 7141 Critique Analogy
