Random Analogies
Enterprise Business Analysts (eba)
a: Enterprise business analyst ~
b: Virgil, guiding a quivering Dante
What: EBA is the bridge across the abyss. If Here is the Inferno and There is Paradise, then the Enterprise Business Analyst is like Virgil, guiding a quivering Dante along the precipitous crevices of change...." ..........This article is a really nice discussion of a systematic approach to analyzing the IT structure of a large organization. The Dante analogy is the best of the best in terms of linking 2 disparate spheres.
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Writer: Sam Cherubin
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Where: Reference Link Has Evaporated
Date: Jan 26 2011 3:02 AM
# 785 Critique Analogy
Grammar Is Like Cutting A Cake
a: Grammar ~
b: cutting a cake
What: "To use a culinary comparison, grammar is like cutting a cake - there are many different ways of breaking up a sentence. Because grammar is such a wide ranging topic, we will only look at one way of slicing the cake and will cover others in a future newsletter."
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Writer: Erena Fussell
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Where: Reference Link Has Evaporated
Date: Sep 12 2011 6:38 PM
# 1334 Critique Analogy
Word Train For A Train Of Thought
a: Prepositional phrase ~
b: a word train
What: "Every preposition must have an object.
A prepositional phrase is like a word train. The preposition is the engine, the object of the preposition is the caboose, and all the words in between are passenger cars.Some word trains have
only the engine and the caboose."
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Writer: Not Stated
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Date: Oct 10 2013 3:28 PM
# 3913 Critique Analogy
a: Wealth ~
b: our children
What: "Your wealth is like your children -- the primary link between your present and the future. When you invest, it's not your wealth today, but it's your future that you're really managing."
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Writer: Peter Bernstein
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Date: Jan 15 2014 7:12 PM
# 4689 Critique Analogy
