Question

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

📝 Answer Choices
( ) 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.

( ) 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.

Answer 1

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

Reason: This compares the function of a scent to a time machine—showing how one thing (a scent) is like another to explain how it works—so it’s an analogy.