'She did not yell out-no! she would have scorned to do it, if she had been on the horns of a mad cow' would be the best line for this.
The sentence above indicates that his wife has the typical attitude of upper class women during that time, spoiled and cowardly and Since hindley Earnshaw also grew within that society, he basically displayed the same charactr.
If the underlined part of the sentence us <em>used today, </em>then the correct answer is D. adjective phrase.
It isn't a clause because there is no verb here, so it is an adjective phrase.
Severity of previous traumatic events is just explaining how severe the trauma someone endured in the past is
A speech topic that would be appropriate for a group of retirees would be, to me, to explain that once retired from one's main employer life and one's aspirations and drive do not end there. For example, it is still possible to earn money but less strenuously and rigid than punching a clock by, for example doing freelance work on the internet. Also, now that there is more time, one can pursue his/her real interests of say, writing a book, becoming an artist or supporting progressive politics, for example.
C, Restate the question as a statement, its a writing strategy so none of the other ones would make sense.