Which of the following details foreshadows a climactic ending?
a. a tidy little cottage of white boards, trimmed vividly with green blinds."
b. "for a moment the progress of the engine could be marked by heavy bellowing puffs of smoke. . "
c. "every day for more than twenty years . . a woman had appeared. . "
d. "he felt for them . . such tenderness as a man might feel for his own children. . "

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? irony personification metaphor simile