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.