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I need to examples for analogy.?

2 examples, not rhetoric please.

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  • Anonymous
    10 years ago
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    Sure...

    The following is a compilation of a few analogy examples. As you go through each of them, you will gradually come to a point where you would eventually understand about the whole concept of using analogy in language.

    → The captain is to his ship as the leader is to his tribe.

    → A fish is to swimming as a bird is to flying.

    → What death is to life, a blind is to vision.

    → What sweets are to a diabetic, water is to fire.

    → What gold is to a goldsmith, iron is to a blacksmith.

    → What dog is to a kennel, a rabbit is to a burrow.

    → What child is to a mother, a song is to a singer.

    → What voice is to a person, writing is to a language.

    → A sail is to a ship as a goal to a person.

    → Painting is to a painter as plant is to water.

    → What strings are to a guitar, love is to life.

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