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    Paragraph by Analogy: The Ant and The Grasshopper

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    This document discusses and provides examples of a paragraph by analogy. A paragraph by analogy compares two different concepts based on their similarities. It uses an unfamiliar concept and explains it by comparing it to a familiar one. Analogies are more extensive than similes or metaphors. Some common analogy examples compare life to a race, a writer's pen to a warrior's sword, and how a doctor diagnoses diseases to a detective's investigation process. An analogy paragraph extensively compares objects or ideas from different classes or things that are not normally associated, making it effective for explaining unfamiliar concepts. Transitional devices like "likewise" and "in comparison" can be used. The document also provides a sample analogy paragraph comparing the speaker to an ant.

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    Paragraph by Analogy: The Ant and The Grasshopper

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    This document discusses and provides examples of a paragraph by analogy. A paragraph by analogy compares two different concepts based on their similarities. It uses an unfamiliar concept and explains it by comparing it to a familiar one. Analogies are more extensive than similes or metaphors. Some common analogy examples compare life to a race, a writer's pen to a warrior's sword, and how a doctor diagnoses diseases to a detective's investigation process. An analogy paragraph extensively compares objects or ideas from different classes or things that are not normally associated, making it effective for explaining unfamiliar concepts. Transitional devices like "likewise" and "in comparison" can be used. The document also provides a sample analogy paragraph comparing the speaker to an ant.

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    This document discusses and provides examples of a paragraph by analogy. A paragraph by analogy compares two different concepts based on their similarities. It uses an unfamiliar concept and explains it by comparing it to a familiar one. Analogies are more extensive than similes or metaphors. Some common analogy examples compare life to a race, a writer's pen to a warrior's sword, and how a doctor diagnoses diseases to a detective's investigation process. An analogy paragraph extensively compares objects or ideas from different classes or things that are not normally associated, making it effective for explaining unfamiliar concepts. Transitional devices like "likewise" and "in comparison" can be used. The document also provides a sample analogy paragraph comparing the speaker to an ant.

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    This document discusses and provides examples of a paragraph by analogy. A paragraph by analogy compares two different concepts based on their similarities. It uses an unfamiliar concept and explains it by comparing it to a familiar one. Analogies are more extensive than similes or metaphors. Some common analogy examples compare life to a race, a writer's pen to a warrior's sword, and how a doctor diagnoses diseases to a detective's investigation process. An analogy paragraph extensively compares objects or ideas from different classes or things that are not normally associated, making it effective for explaining unfamiliar concepts. Transitional devices like "likewise" and "in comparison" can be used. The document also provides a sample analogy paragraph comparing the speaker to an ant.

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    Paragraph by Analogy

    A paragraph by analogy compares two different things on the basis of their


    similarities in certain aspects. It is used most effectively in explaining difficult or
    unknown concepts. This kind of paragraph development premises its explanation on the
    unfamiliar or unknown, so that the logical order is the best type of sequencing to use.

    An analogy is a comparison in which idea or a thing is compared to another thing


    that id quite different from it. It aims at explaining that idea or thing by comparing it to
    something that is familiar. Metaphors and similes are tools used to draw comparisons
    between seemingly unlike people, items, places, or situations. Writers use analogies to
    help clarify a point. Therefore, analogy is more extensive and elaborate than either a
    simile or a metaphor. Consider the following the following examples:

    Some common analogy examples are given below:

    1. Life is like a race. The one who keeps running wins the race and the one who
    stops to catch a breath loses

    2. Just as a sword is the weapon of a warrior, a pen is the weapon of a writer.

    3. How a doctor diagnoses diseases is like how a detective investigates crimes.

    4. Just as a caterpillar comes out of its cocoon, so we must come out of our
    comfort zone.

    5. You are annoying as nails on a chalkboard.

    An analogy paragraph is an extended comparison between objects or


    ideas from different classes or thing which are not associated. Analogy is
    particularly effective in explaining unfamiliar or abstract concepts because a
    comparison can be drawn between what is familiar and what is not.

    The common transitional devices are the following:

    likewise also finally


    but by then thus
    similarly as well as however
    nevertheless in comparison in contrast

    Example

    The Ant and the Grasshopper


    For me, I am more like an ant than a grasshopper. Ants are eager to search
    for food. They are industrious in order to find food for their own survival. Just like
    me, I am also eager to finish my study. I am trying to be industrious in order to
    finish my my paper works, assignments, projects and others just in time before
    the dead line. Ants are always prepared for the coming of typhoon. As long as
    the sun is shining, they don’t stop searching and collecting food. Same goes for
    me as I prepare myself to the possible problems that I may encounter. I am
    collecting courage and hope, by praying so that if the problem comes, I may
    have some ideas so solve it. Ants are organized in a way that they arrange
    themselves in a line to avoid chaos. I also arrange my things orderly to prevent
    the loss of my things. I also plan what I have to do the next day. This way, I
    could keep track of my activities and I could allot more time in reviewing if there
    is a quiz or examination ahead. Ants also show brotherhood and unity for they
    help each other for their survival. Just like me, I am trying to develop my social
    skills in order to make many friends. I am trying to help others if they have a
    problem. Grasshoppers, from the famous fable “The Ant and the Grasshopper”,
    are directly opposite to ants. They are mean and lazy. May be because their
    food is abundant so they don’t have to search for food. I know myself not to b
    lazy. I know I always strive harder and try my best to accomplish something. I
    know I am more like ants than grasshoppers.

    Source: https://cession0miggy0.wordpress.com/2011/09/24/sample-paragraph-analogy/

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