Analogical Thinking

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Similes, metaphors and analogies are thinking strategies that provide new ideas for problem-solving by making associations between objects that seem different.

Think about it, a candle might be happy/sad when it's lit. 

It might feel mad when it's melting.

Or shock if broken.

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Simile is a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind.

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For example, "time is money."

Metaphors is a figure of speech involving the comparison in which one thing is said to be another.

For example, "You are my sunshine."

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An analogy is a similarity between like features of two things, on which a comparison may be based on.

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