Answer:
It's a verb
Explanation:
Verbs are action words, "riding" is an action
Answer:
Stewards were kitchen staff.
Explanation:
On ships, stewards were typically the staff to prepare and serve meals to passengers. You can infer this by the fact they are the only group remaining in the dining area and are implied to be ship staff by the statement "...they were gossiping about their passengers."
The figurative language used in the passage is a simile .
