Colorful Analogy

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Colorful Analogy
Contributors Dana L. Anthony
Last modification May 17, 2017
Source Anthony (1996)[1]
Pattern formats OPR Alexandrian
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Use a colorful analogy to introduce a concept that has a lot of boring, detailed ramifications. This also provides a place to go back to to recall the details.[1]

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Related patterns

Related to Imagination Stimulation[2] and Consistent Metaphor.

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References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Anthony, D. L. (1996). Patterns for classroom education. In Pattern languages of program design 2 (pp. 391-406). Addison-Wesley Longman Publishing Co., Inc..
  2. Köppe, C., & Schalken-Pinkster, J. (2015). Lecture design patterns: laying the foundation. In Proceedings of the 18th European Conference on Pattern Languages of Program (EuroPLoP 2013) (p. 4). New York:ACM.