The sentence "Metal beams were damaged by the water." is in Passive Voice
<em>The active voice of this is "The water damaged the metal beams."</em>
The fourth alternative is correct (D).
It is the omniscien narrator, or narrator in the third person.
There are several types of omniscient narrator, but we can say that they are so called because they know all aspects of the story and its characters. You can, for example, describe feelings and thoughts of the characters, as well as describe things that happen in two places or with two characters at the same time.
The narrator of this passage fits this description, he demonstrates knowledge of the behavior of the characters and describes the environment in detail.
Answer-
1: ago
2: since
3: ever
4: yet
5: for
6: last night
The narrative poetry "The Thing about Terry" shows the elements which include rhyme, stanzas, setting, and abstract language.
The details that hint this story takes place a long time ago are:
"shingled one- and two-room houses clamped themselves to the rocks like oysters";
"the chopping block one man was using to split his cordwood".
This story takes place at a fishing village, so many of the elements mentioned in the excerpt are still commonly seen at similar places. What identifies the story as taking place long ago are the architectural style of houses and the man chopping wood.
Shingled houses first appeared in the early 1880's. They were a combination of Colonial American and British architectures.
As for the man chopping wood, it was a scene most ordinarily seen in the past. Although some people in some places might still do it - be it because they keep a fireplace or a wood-burning stove -, it is not as common nowadays.
