Whether you're as eager as a beaver or as timid as a mouse, you should know analogies are important in how we write, think, and speak about the world. With the

An analogy is a comparison that points out the similarities between things that are different in all other respects. Teaching students how to solve analogies no

Metaphors show students how to make connections between the concrete and the abstract, prior knowledge and unfamiliar concepts, and language and image. But teac

Approach analogies as puzzles. To solve them, students need to use cognitive processes and critical-thinking skills. These exercises present word and/or picture