Creating a comparison or analogy to your argument can have the effect of taking an issue that may be abstract to the reader and making it more familiar by relating it to something the reader already understands.
Using your own sample argument, draw a comparison or create an analogy by commenting below.
Example: Refusing to drink tap water and drinking bottled water instead is like being offered a sandwich for free but turning the offer down because you'd rather buy a mystery sandwich that could be worse than the free sandwich. And on top of that, the mystery sandwich damages the environment!
Using your own sample argument, draw a comparison or create an analogy by commenting below.
If insurance stays in the high range, the average society would not be able to afford it. Its like a venemous snake waiting to catch the prey, the ordinary, middle class society. If health care lowers, and is affordable then the economy would benefit from this action.
ReplyDeleteIgnoring the swine flu is like ignoring a dog chasing after you to bit off your leg. A good way to avoid the dog is to run.
ReplyDeleteRefusing to wash your hands and using sanitizers is similar to walking toward a dog with Rabies because you have a chance to protect yourself, yet you are inviting the virus. It's easily spread, but more easily stopped.
ReplyDeleteBy having health care and encouraging others to do the same, you can ensure that you lead a safe life, and are prepared for the unexpected. On top of that, staying healthy makes you both physically and mentally well.
ReplyDeleteTexting while driving is like walking into a sword because you have the chance to prevent the danger. A plausible way to avoid this is to pay attention to the road.
ReplyDeleteSaying "no" to stricter smoking laws in California and across the nation is like saying "no" to a healthy, disease-free life.
ReplyDeleteSaying "yes" to the same smoking laws we have now in California and none in other states is like saying "yes" to an offer of ingesting hydrogen cyanide, benzene, beryllium, and formaldehyde. Yummy!
Devices that can do everything help us save time so we can spend that later. But we just continue saving time and then use the time saved to do more.
ReplyDeleteOur reaction the the swine flu is like removing all of the paper from your house because you don't want to get a paper cut. Our reaction is blown out of proportion and unnecessary.
ReplyDeleteThe unreliability of writing an essay thats half your grade is like dangling your work over a paper shredder. Think about it, a lot of things can go wrong. Computer can break down, printer can break down, software can go wrong, and the list goes on...
ReplyDeleteUsing drugs is basically putting a ticking bomb in your body. It's just a matter of time before it blows and you're left in pieces.
ReplyDeleteClosing schools down just because people died in Mexico is like closing the door before you even get in the room. It's dumb and doesn't make any sense at all!
ReplyDeleteDepriving students of a special AP schedule is like forcing a kid to wear jeans and a sweatshirt on a 90F day; pure torture.
ReplyDeleteCondemning people who do not follow your values and commitments is like telling people their religion is stupid. Suppose you were to tell someone what they are missing out on if they don't eat beef. This is just like telling someone that they shouldn't study all the time and should have a social life. You are criticizing how they want to live their life.
ReplyDeleteUsing a plastic bag and then not recycling it is like strangling and starving a poor little sea turtle. This is murder!
ReplyDeleteNot allowing students to use the school library is like baking a cake, showing it to a hungry person, and then putting a clear plastic cover over it. The cake is there, already made, but the poor hungry person can only stare at the cake, only staring and unable to eat.
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ReplyDeleteRemaining in Iraq is like getting yourself into neck-deep water, searching for your wedding ring. But even though you can't find it, you dive again, insisting that there is still a reason to stay there until you've gone too far to surface again.
Vandalism is just as harmful as throwing trash into the ocean. It has permanent impacts that affects everyone around you.
ReplyDeleteNot using widely accessible and beneficial educational tools is like not drinking filtered tap water even though it is easily found and necessary for life.
ReplyDeleteFavoritism in a classroom is like racism between blacks and whites. The privileged receive subtle, unfair benefits for no just reason. At the same time, when teachers allow students to shower their judgement with gifts, a similar result emerges.
ReplyDeleteImagine being very sick, and unable to do anything about it. You cannot go to the doctor, because you are too poor to afford healthcare. You are one of the 50 million Americans who will have to live life like this, due to the lack of universal healthcare.
ReplyDeleteRefusing to solve the problem of late start Wednesday traffic is exactly like refusing to improve the education of our children. Just because we ignore the problem, doesn't mean that it's going to disappear.
ReplyDeleteLeadership, in the kindergarten playground, were the bigger kids with more power. However, in the grown-up world, we need to decide. Are the people who are bigger and scarier really the best leaders? Or are the people we know and trust better at giving us what we really want.
ReplyDeleteGrading a group test is like complaining about and blaming the poor performance of an actor on another, better actor who just happened to also be in the film, while the bad actor gets away with a better reputation thanks to the good performance of the other actor.
ReplyDeleteStarting so early in the morning is like a detective trying to solve a mystery when he is half asleep. The job doesn't get done and the bad guy is still out there. If only he had an extra hour to sleep he could woke up refreshed and caught the criminal in less time than when he was sleep walking around the crime scene.
ReplyDeleteAllowing telemarketers to call you is like letting your very annoying little brother (or sister) to bother you while you're trying to get some chill time. And that little sibling also wants to sell you that muddy fat frog they found at the park.
ReplyDeleteForcing your family to follow an outdated custom is like requiring your son to wrestle a bull as a rite of manhood. Hey, ancient spartans used to do it! Why not now?
ReplyDeletePutting so much stress on high school students is the equivalent of putting a child through continuous mental and psychological pain. It can easily be prevented, but once the damage is done, it is irreversible.
ReplyDeleteThink about it; there is a truck coming at a person in front of you lying on the ground, you have enough time to push the girl and give her a minor injury but you'll never make it across. So you sprint across and try to save the girl but you realize she is already dead. So the fact of trying to get a award for being a hero you kill yourself. This all could have been prevented if you just did nothing. It's all because of you. You had control and you abused it.
ReplyDeleteBuying a hybrid benefits us and the environment in ways exercising benefits our bodies. Hybrids do not recklessly send out emissions and actually saves us money; it's a win-win situation. Similarly, exercising protects our health and costs us nothing. Again, it's another win-win situation.
ReplyDeleteNot protecting yourself from this influenza is like stepping into a dark alley not knowing what to expect next. At worst, it could cause your death. Why risk it?
ReplyDeleteHaven't you had that one classmate that cheated all the time, resulting in your teacher distrusting the whole class. Separating you and your best friends during tests and using folders to cover your test answers. The one stupid action of a classmate has caused the whole class to suffer. It's just not right.
ReplyDeleteUsing too much makeup and going through extreme diets is like offering yourself to the monster of bad health. These practices are very damaging to the body-excessive makeup will cause lots of skin problems, and extreme diets will cause a lack of nutrients, therefore causing fatigue.
ReplyDeleteRefusing to accept one's own failure and another's success is like ignoring the basic elements of humanity. One important principle of life is: suck it up, and move on.
ReplyDeleteMaking someone experience the pain of having diabetes is like telling a child that they cannot play with their toys and putting the toys right in front of them. And on top of that, you let their sister play with those toys!
ReplyDeleteFaking modesty while really showing off can be compared to saying your friend is the greatest friend in the world - and then ditching them in a group project so you can have a better grade. It's hypocritical. It's a big fat lie.
ReplyDeleteBeing forced o view a dead pig is sort of like being forced to eat ice cream on a snowy morning. Not only is it making your insides uncomfortable, but can cause you to get sick (literally)
ReplyDeleteNot eating breakfast is like not watering your lawn, leaving the grass yellow and dry and mostly dead.
ReplyDeleteThe students from Palm Beach County High School in Palm Beach, Florida are upset with the gradual cut of sports games, but they are grateful that their sports weren't depleted all together. East San Jose high school students are deeply disturbed since all of their sports will be taken away. This shows that a gradual appease of sports will lessen the anger and disappointment in students.
ReplyDeleteGetting a Hello Kitty is like purchasing a life alert watch but much more efficient. Life alert "tells" the criminals to go away, but then the criminals can escape. A Hello Kitty attacks and pins down the criminal until the police arrive.
ReplyDeleteNot eating and not working out to lose weight would be similar to eating a cube of butter at every meal: not healthy.
ReplyDeleteThe youth of our population not voting is like saying that they are mute people without opinions. Half of the people that will lead America into the future feel that they are mutes.
ReplyDeleteBeing offered to be able to take a beneficial parenting class and turning down that offer is like having your teacher hand you an A on an essay you scribbled up at the last minute and then handing it back to her.
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