STARKVILLE, Miss.—“The Earth’s crust is like a multi-layered cake” is just one analogy educators use to teach students about the complex layers of the Earth. Now a Mississippi State University ...

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The other day, I asked one of my friends, a paralegal at a large law firm, about his work life. He replied in one sentence: “Let’s just say I would be better off juggling three flaming torches while ...

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Very useful for attracting attention and making ideas, abstractions, and technical explanations concrete, analogy is a very effective tool for persuasion and clarification. But beware, some authors ...

I find myself using analogies (or the closely related similes and metaphors) to illustrate points I am trying to make in various facets of software development, especially when talking with someone ...