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Writers, and people in general, use analogies for a wide variety of reasons: To explain a new, unfamiliar concept in relatable and easy-to-understand terms. To help the reader make a new, insightful connection between two different entities. To appeal to the reader's sense of reason or logic when proving a point.
Jun 25, 2013 · Introduction: the many roles of analogy. 2. Analogical arguments. 2.1 Examples. 2.2 Characterization. 2.3 Plausibility. 2.4 Analogical inference rules? 3. Criteria for evaluating analogical arguments. 3.1 Commonsense guidelines. 3.2 Aristotle’s theory. 3.3 Material criteria: Hesse’s theory. 3.4 Formal criteria: the structure-mapping theory.
Analogies appear to be ubiquitous as learning tools, and research suggests that they are useful in enhancing conceptual understanding when utilized properly. Yet, analogies are difficult to generate and are often mistaken for other modes of comparison.
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Jan 1, 2014 · Analogies are powerful cognitive tools: in thinking of unfamiliar objects as similar to familiar ones, we enable working hypotheses for dealing with novelties, paths to become familiar with new things and phenomena. But what does it mean to say that two things are “similar”?
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An analogy compares things by showing how they are alike. The comparison is often used to make a point or better describe something. Analogies so more than compare. They show and explain. Analogies are often confused with similes and metaphors. However, they are not the same thing.
Several chapters discuss best practice with respect to analogy and metaphor use for concept teaching and learning and how to better use analogies and metaphors to view, interpret and communicate ideas in and about school science.
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Here, then, is a collection of analogies to describe some of the ways I have seen literature being used in research. Inevitably, some of these overlap, but I see no particular virtue in the categories remaining mutually exclusive.
