Instructions for the Analogy Essay In many ways a basketball player is just like a dolphin They are both athletic graceful and crowd pleasing Understand what this essay requires you to do ID: 515530
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Honors English 12
Instructions for the Analogy Essay
In many ways, a
basketball player
…
… is just like a
dolphin.
They are both
athletic
,
graceful
, and
crowd pleasing
.Slide2
Understand what this essay requires you to do.
An analogy essay requires that you show the similarities between two unlike things.Easy options are the following:
Compare a person to an animal.Explain how a person is like a force of nature.Show how a piece of technology is like a living thing.Explain how a scientific event mimics an everyday occurrence.
Your job is to enlighten, surprise
, or amuse your reader.Slide3
Think
outside the box.
I can’t think of
anything
to write for this assignment!
Yo, dude, get out of the box. Thinking creatively is good preparation for all the types of writing you will do in future classes!Slide4
A person is like an animal.
My
lazy brother
Fred is just like Killer, my dog …
… All they both do is
sleep, scratch, and eat.Slide5
A person is like a force of nature.
… There are
warning signs
,
high winds
, and lots of destruction.
My father’s anger is just like a hurricane …Slide6
Isaac, my current boyfriend, is just like a
used car
…
… He’s
unreliable
, requires
high maintenance, and isn’t much to look at.
Yeah, but I do have a
fat wallet
.
A piece of technology is like a living thing.Slide7
…
busy
when I need her, expensive if I spend too much time with her, and always “going off”
when I want some quiet.A piece of technology is like a living thing.
My
girlfriend is like a cell phone …Slide8
In a number of ways, a
traffic jam
is like a
heart attack
…
Roads are like
arteries, cars are like blood cells, and an accident is like a blockage.A scientific event is like an everyday occurrence.Slide9
Papers will be
rewarded
for originality and thoughtfulness and penalized for banality and boringness.
Slide10
Some analogies are worth a million dollars!
John Searle, a modern philosopher, was asked, “Will a computer ever think like a human being?”His answer, the Chinese Room Analogy, is worth over a $1,000,000!Slide11
The Chinese Room Analogy
Computer hardware = An
English speaking person in an isolated roomComputer software = book with instructions in English
Computer user = Chinese speaker putting cards with Chinese
writing into the room.Slide12
Isolated Room
English speaker
BOOK
Instructions in English
你好，
你好
吗
?
In Chinese, this means “Hello, how are you?”
我是
優良，
謝謝。
Chinese speaker
Questions:
Will the Chinese speaker believe that the man in the room knows Chinese? But will the English speaker in the room ever learn to understand Chinese?
Slot in wall
After checking the book, the English speaker returns a card that means, “I am fine, thanks.”Slide13
Not all analogies are so
complicated
. What follows is the type of analogy anyone can create.Slide14
A classroom is like the solar system.Slide15
The sun = the professor
Center of the solar system = center of the classroomLight and heat = information and knowledgeRadiating light and heat = instruction
The causes of the
French Revolution
are many and complicated. Got a pen?
Good. First, …Slide16
Mercury = the suck up
Close
to the sun = close to the professor [front row, first to approach after class, etc.]
Temperatures on surface = attitudes toward course material in the professor’s presenceDensity of planet = resistance to real learning
What a great lecture today, Professor! Here, I have a little something for you!Slide17
Venus = the snob
Cloud cover = student’s mysteriousness
Reflective brightness = student’s demonstration of intelligence
Greenhouse effect on planet surface = unwillingness to communicate
Yes, darling, I do know
more than you! But I have no plans to share! Get your own As.Slide18
Earth = the good student
Planet’s
atmosphere
= willingness to absorb new knowledge
Protective ozone layer =
critical thinkingPresence of life = working creatively with the course material
More essays? More grammar? I say bring it on, Professor!Slide19
Mars = the slacker
Lack of life
on planet’s surface = lack of interest in classroom activities
Dust storms on planet’s surface =
ineffective application of course material
Similarity to Earth [atmosphere, temperature, gravity] = ability, just not classroom ability.
What, I’m supposed to be in class now?Slide20
Jupiter = the returning student
Energy and light of planet = real-world experiences of the student
Output from planet = complementary information to the professor's instruction
That might be what the
textbook says, but it’s not how we do it at the job site.Slide21
Saturn = the smartass
Rings attract attention = wise cracks attract attention Rings deflect interest in planet = wise cracks deflect appreciation of student’s intellect
… and then the
chicken
says, “I’ll have a chocolate milkshake,” and …Slide22
Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto = the back row gang
Distance from Earth = physical and emotional distance in classroom Few known facts about them = professor's uncertainty about the learning
of these students
What is this guy doing?