Can I know what poem or short story these lines are from?
Answer:
When I asked dad whether the mountains and craters on Venus have names, he told me that one of the craters is named Billie Holiday.
Answer:
The feature of the noun in "a new furniture" that makes it ungrammatical is the following one:
(d) non-countable.
Explanation:
"Furniture" is an uncountable noun, and as so it cannot be preceded by the indefinite article "a". The same goes for other uncountable nouns, such as "information", "bread", "water", and "homework". If we were talking about specific pieces of furniture, such as "wardrobe", "table", and "shelf", it would have been correct to use "a", since those nouns are countable. However, the same is not true for "furniture", which is an uncountable noun that expresses a whole, not a part.
Answer:
Fear of punishment
Explanation:
It is witnessed by Douglas on two occasions how badly Colonel Lloyd treats his slaves. In the first incident, the Colonel hit two of his slaves for minute faults that occur in his stable, even for faults outside the control of the slaves. the second incident was when the Colonel hid his identity and asked one of his slaves about how the Colonel was treating him, when the slave responded that he was ill treated, he was sold.
Answer:
A metaphor; it compares without using "like" or "as"
Explanation:
it doesn't use those words, but it still is comparing the two objects