Read the following excerpt from the great gatsby:

but [gatsby's] heart was in a constant, turbulent riot. the most grotesque and fantastic conceits haunted him in his bed at night. a universe of ineffable gaudiness spun itself out in his brain while the clock ticked on the washstand and the moon soaked with wet light his tangled clothes upon the floor. each night he added to the pattern of his fancies until drowsiness closed down upon some vivid scene with an oblivious embrace.

which statement best explains the effect that the figurative language in this passage has on the setting?

a. ticking on the washstand, the clock symbolizes the time that passes while gatsby's dreams slip by.
b. through the use of comparisons, the author allows drowsiness to become a character that can "embrace" gatsby.
c. by using the phrase "universe of ineffable gaudiness," the author suggests that gatsby's imagination is limitless.
d. the moon figuratively "soaks" gatsby's clothes, which shows just how much moonlight is in the room.

to and without are prepositions, so a, b, and d are prepositional phrases. the adverb phrase is c, about the surprise.

explanation:

innocence can be defined as the lack of sin, relating it with the lack of guilt, also it can be a synonime of naivety. most people agree that sins are made out of experiences, intentionally or not, as well as you stop being naive once certain things happen to you throughout your life. so, with this explained, the chosen answers are:

when the boy saw the effects of war, he no longer viewed life as innocent.

the loss of innocence is a result of gaining experience and making mistakes.

one way to define innocence is as a lack of worldly experience or sophistication.

absolutism the political belief that one ruler should hold all of the power within the boundaries of a country.

educational segregation in the us prior to brown.

the members of the u.s. supreme court that on may 17, 1954, ruled unanimously that racial segregation in public schools is unconstitutional.

judgment and order of the supreme court for the case.

u.s. circuit judges robert a. katzmann, damon j.

the u.s. supreme court's decision in brown v. board of education marked a turning point in the history of race relations in the united states. on may 17, 1954, the court stripped away constitutional sanctions for segregation by race, and made equal opportunity in education the law of the land.