Page 2 Idioms & Analogy

Idioms are words, phrases, or expressions that are not to be taken literally.  Often, when they are used in everyday language, they have meanings other than the basic ones you might find in a dictionary.

 An analogy expresses a comparison between two items that are similar in some ways, but different in many others. It starts with a simile but requires an explanation.

For example,
  • A bird's wings are similar to a fish's fins in that they both enable movement. However, fins are smaller, don't have feathers, and are used in water.

How can the following similes become analogies?
  1. A maple leaf is like
      • a wedding in October 
      • an eagle's wing 
      • a king's crown
  1. A lichen looks like
      • a squeezed brain 
      • tubes of a waterslide 
      • a cauliflower 
      • a crystal chandelier
  1. The loops in a thumb print remind me of ... (You add the item that is similar!)




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