Analogies!

__**Analogy**__
==== **"a-nal-o-gy"** - Characteristics or features that are shared between two things that can otherwise be considered dissimilar. A comparison is made between the two things based on their like attributes. ====

A Metaphor is an analogy and a Simile is an analogy! (CV)

An analogy is a sentence using imagery or another situation to describe an aspect of the situation at hand. - Tiegan

( An analogy is a comparison, ie. metaphors and similes are analogies) KH

**__Examples of analogies:__**
"Trying to find the lost contact was like trying to find a needle in a haystack." - Tiegan

//__"Kelly and Sam had encountered one another many times, just like a pair of ducks who had encountered one another many times."__//
//and// //can be considered to be in a similar situation as these Mandarin ducks//

//__"The music sounded of beauty; the way a properly flushing toilet would sound to a hard-working plumber."__//
//they both sound so beautiful!//

//__"The raindrops fell and bounced off the ground as a properly preserved Oscar Meyer weiner would."__//

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analogy

//**Although similar in context, an analogy is not to be confused with a metaphor, simile or a hyperbole.**//

-Lisa Arnold! (: