Random Analogies
Buddha is like the moon
a: Buddha ~
b: the moon
What: "To men the moon seems to change, but the moon does not change. Buddha is like the moon in following the people of this world in all their changing circumstances, manifesting various appearances; but in His Essence He does not change."
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Writer: Not Stated
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Date: Sep 7 2011 8:15 PM
# 1265 Critique Analogy
Word Ouchies
a: Apostrophe ~
b: a band aid in contraction
What: "I don't claim the band aid story. My students gave it to me, but it sure is clever! They told me the apostrophe is like a band aid in contractions. Since the two words were squashed into one, some of the letters popped out, and the band aid is needed to heal the spot where the letters popped out."
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Writer: Sally DeCost
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Date: Oct 11 2013 2:54 PM
# 3958 Critique Analogy
a: Biodiversity loss ~
b: a football tea with only tight ends
What: "The loss of biodiversity is like having a football team with only tight ends."
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Writer: Joanie Kleypas
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Date: Oct 28 2013 7:39 PM
# 4316 Critique Analogy
a: Cell body ~
b: the trunk of a tree
What: "The cell body is like the trunk of a tree from which the dendrite branches emerge."
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Writer: Elsa Lottor, Nancy Bruning
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Date: Feb 10 2014 3:30 PM
# 4863 Critique Analogy
