Analogy – A Rhetorical

Device
Week 6
ACTIVITY

LOOK AT THE
PICTURE AND
ANSWER THE
QUESTIONS
BELOW.
Answer the following questions:
1.What is in the picture?

2.Where can you compare a tree? Where

can you associate or link a tree?
ANALOGY
Comparing objects or ideas is a common practice
especially when writing. While there are many
types of comparisons that one can make through
usual figures of speech like simile and metaphor,
there are also literary techniques or devices that can
show and provide a more detailed comparison of
things and ideas. One example of these techniques
is the use of analogy.
 An analogy is a literary technique
that involves comparison of how two
things are alike, but with the
ultimate goal of making a point
about this comparison.
 Although often quite similar or
related with simile and metaphor, an
analogy is not a figure of speech. It is a
rhetorical device used to make rational
arguments and support ideas by
showing connections and comparisons
between unlike things.
 The main function of analogy is not just to
show, but also to explain or justify.
Meanwhile, figures of speech like simile or
metaphor only aim to show without providing
clear descriptions or explanations. As such,
analogy is more complex in nature than
figures of speech.
 Take a look at how simile, metaphor and analogy differ from
each other through these examples:

Simile: Life is like a tree.

Metaphor: Life is a tree.
Analogy: Life is just like a tree---it starts
from a seedling that grows into a
full-grown tree that has trunk and
branches that
make itself strong, and bears wonderful fruits.
Identify which of the statements below are true about analogy. On
¼ sheet of pad paper, write GO if the statement is correct and NO
if it says otherwise.
_________________ 1. Analogy can show comparisons between
unrelated things.
_________________ 2. Analogy is just another term for simile.
_________________ 3. Analogy can be used to explain a point.
_________________ 4. Some analogies compare relationships.
_________________ 5. Analogy can be used to describe unfamiliar
concepts.
1. Technique
2. Analogy
3. Simile
4. Complex
5. metaphor
Write 5 examples OF each of the
following: (NOTEBOOK)

5 SIMILE
5 METAPHOR
5 ANALOGY
Bring out ¼ sheet of paper- spelling
 Study and analyze the examples below.

1.English : language : : Mathematics :

arithmetic
2.“What soldiers do for the country, white
blood cells do inside the body.”
Answer the following questions:
1.What do the examples show?
2.What do you call them?
3.What is being compared in each
example?
Generally, there are two types of analogies
commonly employed in writing.
1. Analogies that identify identical
relationships. This type of analogy takes the
form “A is to B as C is to D,” and is often
used to directly illustrate similar
relationships between two pairs of words,
often for the purpose of logical argument.
Example: English : language :: Mathematics :
arithmetic
 The example above vividly shows the
connection between English and language and
Mathematics and arithmetic. English is
basically a subject that focuses on language
while Mathematics deals primarily with
arithmetic or numbers.
2. Analogies that identify shared abstraction.
This form of analogy compares two things or
concepts that are technically unrelated in order
to establish a connection between a
characteristic that they share. This type is
common and useful in writing because it can
make abstract ideas and concepts more
concrete.
Example: “What soldiers
do for the country, white
blood cells do inside the
body.”
 In the given example, the abstract concept
of how white blood cells function in the
body is made clear by explaining that they
protect everything inside like how soldiers
perform their sworn duty to protect their
country.
Read, examine and classify
each sentence below as to
SIMILE, METAPHOR or
ANALOGY. Write your
answers in your notebook.
________ 1. He is as thin as a stick.
________ 2. “Life is like a bag of candies—you never know what
you’re going to get.”

________ 3. Toothbrush is to teeth as comb is to hair.

________ 4. This problem is a death sentence.

________ 5. Teaching students requires the same passion you would
give to plants in a garden. Nurture them, care for them, let
them experience both light and dark. Soon, they will grow
and bloom like you expect them to be.
REVIEW WEEK 1-6 (QUIZ)