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Abstract
This essay proposes a distinction between the functions of analogy in discourse and analogic discourse. This distinction is based on the inventive and performative features of communication exchanges between or among persons who contribute to an analogic experience. An examination of a transcript of talk is used to describe how criticism can be accomplished systematically on an analogic discourse which provides clues to how meanings and intentions arise through and in the production of talk.