Why does douglass describe the songs that the slavessing, and how they sing them, so carefully

Which statement best describe the objective of " "how to grow a school garden”?

Read the excerpt from "mother tongue." lately, i’ve been giving more thought to the kind of english my mother speaks. like others, i have described it to people as “broken” or “fractured” english. but i wince when i say that. it has always bothered me that i can think of no other way to describe it other than “broken,” as if it were damaged and needed to be fixed, as if it lacked a certain wholeness and soundness. what best supports the inference that tan believes nonstandard english is no less valid than standard english? tan spends a lot of time thinking about her mother’s “fractured” english. tan has trouble thinking of descriptive words when she is writing. tan’s american education makes it difficult for her to understand her mother. tan winces when she describes her mother’s english as “broken.”

An old patched hat, which was almond terim-red, watched as it sat on an old , thin head. which kind of figurative language is found in line 1-2? a. metonymyb. oxymoronc. personificationd. simile