Question

Use the sentence to answer the question.

After taking a job as a delivery driver, Malcolm soon found out that the backroads in his small town were an elaborate web.
Which clarifying statement could be added to this metaphor to make it an analogy without changing its meaning?

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Responses

After only a few days, he decided that he didn’t want to be a delivery driver any longer.
After only a few days, he decided that he didn’t want to be a delivery driver any longer.

He never realized how many spiders lived in his town, and how large and scary they were.
He never realized how many spiders lived in his town, and how large and scary they were.

Every road was connected, and each was harder to transverse that the one before it.
Every road was connected, and each was harder to transverse that the one before it.

The road that he lived on was long, but when compared to the others, it was just a short detour.
The road that he lived on was long, but when compared to the others, it was just a short detour.
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1 answer

To turn the metaphor into an analogy, the most clarifying statement would be:

"Every road was connected, and each was harder to traverse than the one before it."

This statement explains how the backroads are interrelated and implies that navigating them is increasingly challenging, thereby enhancing the understanding of the original metaphor about the roads being an elaborate web.