Use everyday experience. Information is easier to recall if you link it to everyday experiences. You can learn lists of terms by walking around your apartment, associating each term with a different location. To recall the list, take the walk again in imagination. The method works because it couples new ideas to a strong network of familiar pictures and motor memories.
Analogies help memory by coupling new information to familiar ideas.
Then list the similarities between the items you are comparing. The animals brain is like a computer. And so on. Also look for points where the analogy breaks down. Recognize your knowledge.