EXPOSITION DEVICE: ANALOGY

Now for those of you who are still troubled about the other technique or device associated with expository pieces, but can also be found in any type of discourse, don't worry. Just bear in mind that Analogy is another form of comparison. But guess what? It is different from a simile or metaphor because:

1) it highlights the similarities between two things you would never expect it to compare,
such as a television addict to a drug addict

2) in the comparison it usually make sure that we are familiar with one of the things like a drug addict but we never really view people who love to watch television as addicts.

What do you think of these analogies?

Analogies make comparisons between two sets of items: “shoe is to foot as tire is to wheel.” The purpose is to clarify the relationships; they do not have to be precisely the same, point by point.

An analogy could be made between two things, one of which is familiar, shedding light on the other: “a heart is like a pump” assumes that everyone knows how a pump works.

Pupils are more like oysters than sausages. The job of teaching is not to stuff them and then seal them up, but to help them open and reveal the riches within. There are pearls in each of us, if only we knew how to cultivate them with ardor and persistence.

Can you think of more analogies?