The metaphor was used as the figurative language in the poem “Mother to Son”. She compared her life to a crystal staircase which has obstacles and unexpected corners that make the journey more difficult.“Mother to Son” poem Well, son, I'll tell you: Life for me ain't been no crystal stair. It's had tacks in it, And splinters, And boards torn up, And places with no carpet on the floor - Bare
The gerund in the sentence provided above is backpacking. Gerunds are verbs in -ing form but function as a noun. In this sentence, it functions as a direct object because it answers the question "what". By this, we can construct the question "What popular pastime is being talked about?".
in the story “A Cub Pilot” by Mark Twain, Mr. Bixby, the narrator’s chief, plays a key part in his life by teaching him a life lesson.
That life lessons that Mr. Bixby teaches the narrator is not second guess himself.
As a cub pilot, the narrator is training to become a steamboat pilot and must exercise “good and quick judgment” and “calm courage” (28).
Mr. Bixby challenges the narrator’s judgment by making him second guess himself. This is significant because......
