Hich phrase defines "simile" best? giving human qualities to an idea or an inanimate object a comparison between two unlike things using like or as a direct comparison between two things; saying one thing is the other a direct address to an inanimate object or deceased person as if it could respond

It will be through raising high the prestige of your administration by success in short-range recovery, that you will have the driving force to accomplish long-range reform. on the other hand, even wise and necessary reform may, in some respects, impede and complicate recovery. what is the purpose of the transitional phrase on the other hand in this excerpt? a) it provides a counter-argument to the writer's main ideas. b) it provides a hypothetical situation for the reader to ponder. c) it provides additional evidence in favor of the writer's argument. d) it provides information about laws that are opposed to the writer's argument.