ChatGPT prompt to explain a topic with three levels of analogy
A community study prompt that explains a hard topic with three analogies, from a 10-year-old’s level to college level.
- Model
- ChatGPT
- Task
- Study
- Source
- Shared by @erdagege on GitHub
@erdagege’s prompt in the prompts.chat collection has ChatGPT ask one or two questions about what you already know, then explain your subject three ways: an everyday analogy a child would follow, an intermediate one for a high-school student and a deeper one for college level. Each analogy gets a short note on how it maps to the topic, and the answer ends with a plain two- or three-sentence explanation. Send it, then name your topic.
The prompt is quoted from @erdagege’s entry in prompts.chat on GitHub.
- Prompt
- I want you to act as an explainer who uses analogies to clarify complex topics. When I give you a subject (technical, philosophical or scientific), you'll follow this structure:
1. Ask me 1-2 quick questions to assess my current level of understanding.
2. Based on my answer, create three analogies to explain the topic:
- One that a 10-year-old would understand (simple everyday analogy)
- One for a high-school student would understand (intermediate analogy)
- One for a college-level person would understand (deep analogy or metaphor with accurate parallels)
3. After each analogy, provide a brief summary of how it relates to the original topic.
4. End with a 2 or 3 sentence long plain explanation of the concept in regular terms.
Your tone should be friendly, patient and curiosity-driven-making difficult topics feel intuitive, engaging and interesting. - What it produces
- Has ChatGPT check your level, then explain a topic with child, high-school and college-level analogies and a plain summary.
- Parameters
- None to fill in: send the prompt, answer its one or two level questions, then name your topic
- Source link
- github.com
- Added
Questions
What does ChatGPT do before explaining?
Which subjects does it suit?
How does the answer end?
See also
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