Which question is important to ask when looking for a cause-and-effect relationship in a literary work? how does the work affect the reader? why did this event or situation happen? what happens to the main characters? what is the central theme of the work?

Why did this event or situation happen?

Explanation:

Cause and effect is a relationship between events or situations, where 'one is the result of the other.' If you have determined the cause, you understand why a certain effect is occuring.

So to establish a cause-and-effect relationship, you need to ask this question: Why did this event or situation happen?

"Evil air, a frost-making stillness" is an example of metaphor. Option A is correct.

It is an example of metaphor since it is a figure of speech that describes an object or action in a way that isn’t literally true, but helps explain an idea or make a comparison. A metaphor states that one thing is another thing.

On the other hand, simile uses words such as like or as in order to create a comparison. Alliteration is the repetition of the same consonant, and onomatopoeia imitates sounds from nature.