Question

Which sentence gives an example of an analogy? (1 point)

To Webster, the sound of Sarah's violin playing was like a gentle mountain stream.

The grass in the front yard made walking to the mailbox like trudging through the Amazon rain forest.

The scent is like a time machine, returning me to the café near where I waited for the bus every morning.

The new engineer in the fossil fuels division is definitely a diamond in the rough

Answer 1

"The scent is like a time machine, returning me to the café near where I waited for the bus every morning."

Reason: it compares the function of a scent (bringing back memories) to a time machine — an explanatory comparison, i.e., an analogy.