Is “without them” a prepositional phrase?

What reason does orson welles gives at the press conference for his reaction to the panic cause by his radio broadcast the war of the worlds

What does"after getting my report card i knew it was time to hit the books mean

Which literary device has emily dickinson used in these lines? how dreary to be somebody! how public, like a frog to tell your name the livelong day to an admiring bog! metaphor alliteration simile allusion