analogy

=**Analogy**= [//uh//-nal-//uh//-jee] //A similarity or comparison between two different things or the relationship between them. An analogy can explain something unfamiliar by associating it with or pointing out its similarity to something more familiar. Analogies can also make writing more vivid, imaginative, or intellectually engaging.// [|Listen]

"Writing a book of poetry is like dropping a rose petal down the Grand Canyon and waiting for the echo." (Don Marquis)
 * Example:**



- This is an example of an **analogy** because it uses //like//, which is a simile; a simile is an expressed analogy.

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 * Sources:**
 * "Rush2049." __Rush2049's Stuff__. 27 Sep 2007 .
 * "Bartleby.com." __The American Heritage- Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.2000__. 27 Sep 2007 <[|http://www.bartelby.com/61/49/E0294900.html>.]
 * "About.com: Welcome." __Welcome to About.com__. 27 Sep 2007 .

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