Categories: Comparisons
An example of metaphor and analogy in popular science writing:
"A ribosome travels down its attached mRNA, a bit like a bead running down a thread (or sometimes like a thread being pulled through a bead)…
the 'ribosomes' – molecular 'work-benches' composed of protein and RNA…"
Andrew Scott
Scott, A. (1988). Vital Principles. The molecular mechanisms of life. Basil Blackwell. (read about this book: Making molecular mechanisms familiar –
A reflection on the pedagogy in Andrew Scott's 'Vital Principles').
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