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How does hyperbole best affect the meaning of this sentence from the passage?

In the ashes on the hearth, side by side with my own bare footprint, was another, so vast that in comparison, mine was but an infant's!


It shows that the narrator has a small child in the room with him.

It indicates that the narrator believes something very large is in his room.

It provides evidence that the narrator feels exhausted and is seeing things.

It implies that the narrator is cold and needs to stand by the fire, but can't.

Answer 1

Answer: It indicates that the narrator believes something very large is in his room.

Explanation: with my own bare footprint, was another, so vast that in comparison, mine was but an infant's!

Answer 2

it shows that there a child in the room with the narrator. the comparison of the infant to a footprint should be a clear indicator for this answer