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analogy
in
Hopeless, by Colleen Hoover
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- Nice analogy.†
p. 90.8analogy = a comparison of different things to point to a shared characteristic
- Speaking of analogies.†
p. 90.9 *analogies = comparisons of different things to point to shared characteristics
- It was covered in sexual analogies and metaphors today.†
p. 90.9
Definitions:
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(1)
(analogy) a comparison of different things to point to a shared characteristicAnalogies are typically used to explain something unfamiliar by comparing it to something that is simpler or more familiar. They are also used in argument to suggest that what is true for one situation is also true in the other.
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)