Many people continue drinking and driving despite strict laws. The gerund phrase in this sentence is acting as subject
direct object
appositive
object of the preposition
predicate nominative

write a five paragraph essay, you were taught to have three body paragraphs. a university essay is more flexible than that, depending on its length and on what it is trying to say. a short university essay may have three body paragraphs, but it may have more.

b)metaphor

explanation:

when reading the sentence carefully it says,"hope is a thing with feathers" it's like saying: hope is a thing like feathers

get what i'm saying? instead of using a smilie like or as they use "with"

it would be nice enough if i got .

the answer can be "credo" it means to believe = the word credo means "an official statement of beliefs"

the answer to "what does the narrator realize by the end of the story" is b.