The correct answers should be<span> a. sly metaphor and </span><span>c. humorous juxtaposition
He presents the thing as much more important than it is and over-exaggerates. He juxtaposes the things with what actually happened going as far as to say that her shriek was as strong as one of a woman whose husband died or if expensive china broke.</span>
Answer:
vulnerable and susceptible
Explanation:
vulnerable is being open to physical or emotional harm while being susceptible means being influenced or harmed by a particular thing.
The part where it talks about Tom believing the storm hit to insinuate that God’s wrath was directed at him, is where we see that the storm represents Tom’s conscience. Hope this helps.