Objects of prepositions are the elements preceded by a preposition which add the necessary information to complete them.
<em>New factories used machines and electricity in place of </em><em>horses</em><em>.</em>
Explanation: in this sentence, there is only one preposition (in place of) and its object cannot be other than what follows it (horses). In general, objects of prepositions are nouns.
Answer:
a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.
Explanation:
Here are some example's:
John's suggestion was just a Band-Aid for the problem.
The cast on his broken leg was a plaster shackle.
Laughter is the music of the soul.
America is a melting pot.
Her lovely voice was music to his ears.
The world is a stage.
My kid's room is a disaster area.
Life is a rollercoaster.
An allusion is a reference to a literary character from a well-known work (for example, Frankenstein, Sherlock Holmes, Biblical characters, etc.). This allows a writer to avoid having to explain all the finer points of his character, by simply pointing the reader to another well-known character. The answer is D.
