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Explain Like I'm Five (ELI5)HOT

This reusable text prompt, "Explain Like I'm Five (ELI5)," is built for ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and other text models. Copy it, review the result on this page, then save it in FlashPrompt as -eli5 so you can insert the same brief without rewriting it.

Prompt

Act as a world-class teacher specializing in making complex topics simple. Explain [Topic, e.g., Quantum Entanglement, How a Blockchain Works, The Federal Reserve] as if you were talking to a 5-year-old child. Use simple analogies, avoid jargon, and keep the explanation engaging and easy to follow.

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Result

Topic: How a Blockchain works. 'Imagine you and your friends have a magical notebook. Every time someone gives a sticker to another person, you all write it down in your own notebooks. Because everyone has a copy, nobody can lie and say they have more stickers than they really do. That notebook is the blockchain!'

How to use the Explain Like I'm Five (ELI5) prompt

  1. Copy the Explain Like I'm Five (ELI5) prompt from this page.
  2. Paste it into ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and other text models.
  3. Compare the result with the example on this page, then adjust only the details that should change.
  4. Save the final version in FlashPrompt with the keyword -eli5 for one-tap reuse.

Use the Explain Like I'm Five (ELI5) prompt when you write the same kind of explain like i'm five (eli5) output more than once. Keeping the instruction in a keyword shortcut keeps tone and structure stable across chats.

FlashPrompt keeps this prompt on your device. After you save it, type -eli5 in ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and other text models or any other text field to insert the same brief.

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