Random Analogies
a: The tsa ~
b: someone who only locks one car door
What: " The TSA is like someone who only locks one car door." A discussion of airport security.
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Writer: South Bend Seven
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Date: Jan 23 2012 10:56 AM
# 1622 Critique Analogy
A Shoe Box With A Lot Of Surface Area...
a: Catalytic converter ~
b: space/time-ship Tardis from Dr. Who
What: "A catalytic converter is like the space/time-ship Tardis from Dr. Who (which looked like a tiny London Police Box on the outside, but was bigger than Parliament House on the inside). A catalytic converter might be smaller than a shoebox, but inside it's bigger than 2 football fields. The core of a catalytic converter is a ceramic oval honeycomb mesh. Because this mesh is pierced with squillions of tiny holes and is coated with alumina, it has a surface area of about 23,000 square metres."
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Writer: karl trek
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Date: Oct 1 2013 6:21 PM
# 3719 Critique Analogy
a: proteins ~
b: words
What:
"Amino acids are like letters, and proteins are like words. There are many ways to put letters together to make words, and each word has a different function, a different place in the language. The protein you eat is broken down into individual amino acids in the digestive system, and then different cells take the ones they need and recombine these amino acids into the proteins that make up your body. Picture a Scrabble board full of words. Then imagine the tiles getting dumped, mixed up, and reassembled into new words."
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Writer: Dr. Sears
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Date: Feb 21 2014 6:28 PM
# 5031 Critique Analogy
a: alveoli ~
b: loading docks
What:
"The alveoli are like the loading docks where trucks pick up their load. Capillaries are so small, in some places, that only *one* RBC at a time can get through!"
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Writer: Delos Johnson
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Date: Mar 12 2015 7:21 PM
# 7520 Critique Analogy
