4. Use the passage to answer the question.

Question

Angela was always a little envious of the perfectly manicured Sophia, who never had to worry about which lunch table would have her. Sophia was an old friend, but these days, Sophia treated her friendships like the lunch buffet, picking and choosing which side dishes to add to her plate on any given day. And today it looked like Angela would be passed over again.
Select the correct answers from the lists to describe the analogy in the passage.
The narrator compares Sophia’s friendships to a __________ because _____________.
A) plate of food
B) lunch buffet
C) lunch table

A) she wants to enjoy each of them equally
B) chooses which ones she wants on any given day.
C) can never decide what she wants to do with friends.

5. Drag and drop the words into the correct locations to produce an analogy that describes a function of an object.
Like sticky notes, the alarm on your phone can _______________. An alarm is a little more _______________ than sticky notes, but not as ____________!
A) detailed
B) let you jot down any thoughts
C) interesting
D) remind you about appointments
E) noisy
F) messy

Answer 1

4. The narrator compares Sophia’s friendships to a B) lunch buffet because B) she chooses which ones she wants on any given day.

5. Like sticky notes, the alarm on your phone can D) remind you about appointments. An alarm is a little more E) noisy than sticky notes, but not as A) detailed!