One common tool that many of us in the field of philosophy make a lot of use out of, sometimes not acknowledging that we're doing so, is what you could call analogy or metaphor, or to use a term that I particularly like for it, similitude, which comes from the Latin
Great similitude! Helped me re-think how I read texts, as well as bringing up memories of my own raspberry picking as a kid.
I'm glad it worked well for you - might be more of a Midwesterner thing!