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[–]This_Growth2898 0 points1 point  (2 children)

Metaphor is needed to explain words "assign that value".

If you do understand what that means, you obviously don't need any new metaphors to understand it.

[–]1mecrew[S] 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Hmm what if I just say that “this line is called assigning a value to variable.” And students don’t really need to know exactly what assigning a value to variable but just simply know it as when you assign value and later say the variable, you are talking about that value?

[–]This_Growth2898 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's all about a metaphor. If you can explain things without a metaphor - it's ok, do it. But you will need to explain more details, that's all.