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Bouncy Words
a: Dyslexia ~
b: trying to read in a moving vehicle
What: "Dyslexic people are normally highly intelligent and manage to compensate by listening and remembering. Dyslexia is like trying to read in a moving vehicle. Dyslexia is not a visual problem but a colour perception aberration in the brain."
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Date: Mar 31 2012 2:46 PM
# 1782 Critique Analogy
Peeling Tothe Core
a: Emotion ~
b: potato
What: "Emotion is like a potato; every morning when I peel the potatoc and when i get the potato without it layer it's white and also tasteful. Similarly, when we peel the emotion and experiences are gone than we understand the exact nature of emotion!!!!"
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Writer: Manisha Anthasa
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Date: Apr 22 2012 11:43 PM
# 1899 Critique Analogy
a: Peripheral proteins ~
b: appendages bound to the surface
What:
"Proteins determine most of the membrane's functions. One protein can have several functions. Integral proteins - those that penetrate through the phospholipid bilayer - regulate what comes in and out of a cell. Peripheral proteins are like appendages bound to the surface of the membrane "
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Writer: Alex Tseng
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Date: Feb 20 2014 5:20 PM
# 4963 Critique Analogy
a: Coriolis effect ~
b: being on a merry-go-round
What:
"The Coriolis effect is like being on a merry-go-round. Imagine that you are on one side and your friend is directly across from you on the other. If you were to throw a ball to your friend while the merry-go-round was not spinning, it would go straight to them. This is our one-cell circulation pattern on a non-rotating Earth."
This page has a very good description, with an analogy that explains this phenomenon.
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Date: Apr 25 2014 5:17 PM
# 5534 Critique Analogy
