I agree with ur answer....under the surface...because of the context " drilled into the ground "
The correct answer is D.
It is the choice of words that give Laura's speech its uniqueness.
She uses the words in a messy, incorrect way, which makes the phrases she uses sound different and new.
A persuasive piece is to get the audience to believe what you want.
The sentence that best compares the two excerpts is this: THOMAS PAINE'S PURPOSE IS TO PERSUADE HIS AUDIENCE TO ABANDON THEIR COURSE OF ACTION. PATRICK HENRY'S PURPOSE IS TO EXHORT HIS AUDIENCE TO PERSIST IN THEIR COURSE OF ACTION.
In excerpt one, it can be seen that, Paine is appealing to the colonists not to go into battle with the British, telling them it is not easy to conquer the British [Tyranny, like hell is not easily conquered}. In excerpt two, Patrick Henry made it obvious that, all that can possibly be done to appeal to the Britain government concerning the welfare of the colonists has been done but all have been unsuccessful. Patrick believed that the only option that remain for the colonists is to fight in order to set themselves free and this course of action he firmly encouraged the colonists to pursue.
As for this problem, the answer would be most probably and most likely to be A. adjective.
The sentence that says "the boy with the yellow hair ran home" is a simple sentence. Adjectives describe nouns and pronouns while adverbs describe the verbs, other adjectives, and other adverbs. As you can notice, the yellow would be describing the hair of the boy and the phrase "with the yellow hair" pertains to the boy. So the most probable answer to this question would be A. adjective.