A fitting analogy for a difficult topic
An abstract topic becomes tangible through a comparison from your everyday life, including where the comparison breaks down.
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- Prompt
- Level
- Beginner
- Time
- about 3 min
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- how vaccines train the immune system
- compound interest
- how the internet sends data
- supply and demand
- voltage and current
- cooking and the kitchen
- football
- road traffic
- gardening
- post and parcels
- nothing at all
- school knowledge, long ago
- I have read one article
- I am studying it right now
- I know the basics but not how it fits together
Your prompt
Explain [Topic] to me with an analogy from [Everyday area]. What I already know: [Prior knowledge]. Give me two different analogies. For each, explain which parts of the topic match which parts of the comparison, and say explicitly where the comparison no longer fits. At the end, ask me a short question I can use to check whether I have understood.
Matching tools
Tools from our catalog that this prompt works well with.
- ChatGPT Prices and limits
- Claude Prices and limits
- Gemini Prices and limits
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- Answer the check question without looking anything up and ask whether your answer is right.
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Why does this work?
Two analogies show the topic from two directions. Knowing where the comparison breaks down prevents wrong conclusions.
Tips
- For exams you will still need the technical terms in the end; ask for them specifically.