Can’t is the father of feeble endeavor the parent of terror and halfhearted work which bests analyzes the effect of the metaphor in this passage? a: it the reader understand the relationship between self doubt and failure b: it the reader understand the origins or history of the work can’t c: it the reader understand that parents are more likely to use the word more than their children d: it the reader understand how frightening the word is

A. it helps the reader understand the relationship between self doubt and failure.

Explanation: a metaphor is a figure of speech that explains a concept, an idea or describes something in a way that isn't literal but it makes a comparison that helps to understand the idea. In the given example the metaphor is made by saying that the word "can't" is a father or a parent of feeble endeavor, terror and halfhearted work, the effect of this metaphor is to understand that saying "I can't" (self doubt) is the first step to failure.

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