What main effect does the simile in these lines from “Courage” have on the reader It is in the small things we see it
The child’s first step
as awesome as an earthquake.
t stresses the idea that the child’s first step is a small thing.

b.

It captures the motion of the child taking a first step.

c.

It suggests that the child’s first step is a major event.

d.

It conveys a parent’s pride in a child’s first step.

Read the passage below and answer the question that follows. ‘you make me feel uncivilized, daisy,’ i confessed on my second glass of corky but rather impressive claret. ‘can’t you talk about crops or something? ’ i meant nothing in particular by this remark but it was taken up in an unexpected way. ‘civilization’s going to pieces,’ broke out tom violently. ‘i’ve gotten to be a terrible pessimist about things. have you read ‘the rise of the coloured empires’ by this man goddard? ’ ‘why, no,’ i answered, rather surprised by his tone. ‘well, it’s a fine book, and everybody ought to read it. the idea is if we don’t look out the white race will be—will be utterly submerged. it’s all scientific stuff; it’s been proved.’ in this passage, tom’s ideas about race relations come off as uncivilized. what literary device is fitzgerald using here?