I think it would be 'After drumming on his desk, Stewart was disciplined by Mrs. Hobson for distracting students from their exams.'
9 gives info that the author is giving evidence about the topic
10 needs info to inform the readers
A verb is the action that the subject does.
The verb in this sentence is was.
Night (the subject or noun) is doing the action of "being" quiet (the adjective since it describes the night)
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Answer:
The figurative language used in this sentence is: oxymoron.
Explanation:
By definition, a crowd is the gathering of a large number of people. However, in the sentence we are analyzing here, the speaker says there was a "small crowd". The two words have, therefore, opposite meanings - a "small large number of people," so to speak.
This is an example of oxymoron, a type of figurative language that puts together two words with opposite meanings. In context, however, the words can be understood. Although crowds are made up of a large number of people, some crowds can have many more people than others. Thus, the idea of a small crowd is understandable.