You will be able to
Understand the definition of analogy
Clarify the difference between an analogy and a metaphor
Demonstrate the use of an extended analogy in a short poem
Demonstrate the use of an extended analogy to describe a reflection in your life at narbonne.
Wednesday, May 30, 2012
The extended analogy
"Analogies prove nothing, that is true" wrote Sigmund Freud, "but they can make one feel more at home." In this article, we examine the characteristics of effective analogies and consider the value of using analogies in our writing.
As defined in our glossary, an analogy is "reasoning or explaining from parallel cases." Put another way, an analogy is a comparison between two different things in order to highlight some point of similarity. As Freud suggested, an analogy won't settle an argument, but a good one may help to clarify the issues.
Some basic facts about memory are clear. Your short-term memory is like the RAM on a computer: it records the information in front of you right now. Some of what you experience seems to evaporate--like words that go missing when you turn off your computer without hitting SAVE. But other short-term memories go through a molecular process called consolidation: they're downloaded onto the hard drive. These long-term memories, filled with past loves and losses and fears, stay dormant until you call them up.
Does this mean that human memory functions exactly like a computer in all ways? Certainly not. By its nature, an analogy offers a simplified view of an idea or process--an illustration rather than a detailed examination.
Analogy and Metaphor
Despite certain similarities, an analogy is not the same as a metaphor. As Bradford Stull observes in The Elements of Figurative Language (Longman, 2002), the analogy "is a figure of language that expresses a set of like relationships among two sets of terms. In essence, the analogy does not claim total identification, which is the property of the metaphor. It claims a similarity of relationships."
As defined in our glossary, an analogy is "reasoning or explaining from parallel cases." Put another way, an analogy is a comparison between two different things in order to highlight some point of similarity. As Freud suggested, an analogy won't settle an argument, but a good one may help to clarify the issues.
Some basic facts about memory are clear. Your short-term memory is like the RAM on a computer: it records the information in front of you right now. Some of what you experience seems to evaporate--like words that go missing when you turn off your computer without hitting SAVE. But other short-term memories go through a molecular process called consolidation: they're downloaded onto the hard drive. These long-term memories, filled with past loves and losses and fears, stay dormant until you call them up.
Does this mean that human memory functions exactly like a computer in all ways? Certainly not. By its nature, an analogy offers a simplified view of an idea or process--an illustration rather than a detailed examination.
Analogy and Metaphor
Despite certain similarities, an analogy is not the same as a metaphor. As Bradford Stull observes in The Elements of Figurative Language (Longman, 2002), the analogy "is a figure of language that expresses a set of like relationships among two sets of terms. In essence, the analogy does not claim total identification, which is the property of the metaphor. It claims a similarity of relationships."
Friday, May 25, 2012
RESUME -Experience
You will be able to:
- clarify resume format concerning Experience
- follow exact directions on Format
- produce your own sample work Experience
Work in Progress Resume Sample
1545 W.206 St. Torrance, California 90501 (424)
200-7262
Objective: To seek and entry
level position as a Medical assistant to enhance my working experience in the Health
Care field.
Education
Dates
of Attendance School Name CITY,STATE
Degree
Obtained
·
Completed Majors, and/or GPA
Course
Work:
Academic/
Awards and Achievments
Education
2008-2012 Narbonne
High School Harbor
City, CA
High School Diploma obtained June 2012
·
GPA 3.5, SAT II
1980
Course Work:
·
Statistics
·
Honors World Literature
Awards:
·
Debate Team State
Champions 2012
Experience
04/11/09- present LA
Times Newspaper Harbor City, CA
Wrapper
·
Trained to
operate with heavy machinery
·
Heavy lifting of
over 100 pounds
·
Provided job
training and managed new employees
DATE EMPLOYER CITY, STATE
JOB TITLE
·
Use active form
verbs to describe what you did
·
Describe another
thing
·
Point out your
SKILLS
04/11/09- present LA
Times Newspaper, Wrapper Harbor
City, CA
228 st Frampton Avenue, CA 90501
(310) 612-4142
Trained
to operate with heavy machinery
Heavy
lifting of over 100 pounds
Provided job training and managed new
employees
Certification/ Credit
Economics – analyzed Domestic and Global Market Economies
World Literature – discussed rhetorical functions in
Writing
Teacher assistant – assisted operational duties for Choir
Awards
CASHEE
Certified
SLC wrote letters to current senators of CA and
representatives of Torrance, CA
Personal Skills
Natural
leadership
Hard working
Perseverant
Carol Levin
________________________ E. Baltazar
_________________________
Choir English
Management skills | Communication skills | Clerical or detailed skills |
administered
analyzed assigned attained chaired contracted consolidated coordinated delegated developed directed evaluated executed improved increased organized oversaw planned prioritized produced recommended reviewed scheduled strengthened supervised |
addressed
arbitrated arranged authored corresponded developed directed drafted edited enlisted formulated influenced interpreted lectured mediated moderated motivated negotiated persuaded promoted publicized reconciled recruited spoke translated wrote |
approved
arranged catalogued classified collected compiled dispatched executed generated implemented inspected monitored operated organized prepared organized prepared processed purchased recorded retrieved screened specified systematized tabulated validated |
Research skills | Technical skills | Teaching skills |
clarified
collected critiqued diagnosed evaluated examined extracted identified inspected interpreted interviewed investigated organized reviewed summarized surveyed systematized |
assembled
built calculated computed designed devised engineered fabricated maintained operated overhauled programmed remodeled repair solved trained upgraded |
adapted
advised clarified coached communicated coordinated developed enabled encouraged evaluated explained facilitated guided informed initiated instructed persuaded set goals stimulated |
Financial skills | Creative skills | Helping skills |
administered
allocated analyzed appraised audited balanced budgeted calculated computed developed forecasted managed marketed planned projected researched |
acted
conceptualized created designed developed directed established fashioned founded illustrated instituted integrated introduced invented originated performed planned revitalized shaped |
assessed
assisted clarified coached counseled demonstrated diagnosed educated expedited facilitated familiarized guided referred rehabilitated represented |
Thursday, May 24, 2012
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