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?
(1 point)
he never realized how many spiders lived in his town, and how large and scary they were.
after only a few days, he decided that he didnt want to be a delivery driver any longer.
every road was connected, and each was harder to traverse than the one before it.
the road that he lived on was long, but when compared to the others, it was just a short detour.

Explanation:

A metaphor directly states a comparison (backroads as a web), while an analogy explains the comparison. The original metaphor implies interconnectedness. Option 3 ("Every road was connected, and each was harder to traverse than the one before it") elaborates on the web - like nature (connectedness) which is in line with the metaphor's implication. Option 1 is about spiders (not relevant to the road - web metaphor). Option 2 is about his job decision (not related to the metaphor). Option 4 is about a single road's length (not the web - like, interconnected aspect).

Answer:

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