Have you ever been in this situation? You are pressed for an illustration but unable to find what you are looking for in a story. The functional element of illustration has typically been synonymous with anecdotes. Your objective is to find a story that fits the explanation of the point, but other options besides anecdotes are available. In this article, I will look at building natural analogies, and in a follow-up article I will develop illustrations using figures of speech such as metaphor, simile, personification, etc…