B. The plan was presented to the town council
The other two answers have a negative connotation, shown by the words "Impractical" and "Forced"
"When doing a persuasive speech you have to keep in mind that you want to convince the audience to believe in what you are telling them, or support your claim, in this case you are already biased by this desire, the key to persuade people is to know how to convince them, and you can do this easiyl with strong writting and a powerful delivery."
A poem about a mother with the tone being grateful:
(here is what can be your first stanza)
How can us children ever thank our mothers?
They lent us their womb,
Then kissed our heads
When our eyes blinked open
To the light for the first time.
How can us children ever thank our mothers?
Hope this helped stir some ideas! Let me know if you need anymore help!
~Just a girl in love with Shawn Mendes
The participial phrase is the phrase with the participle, which is a verbal form that can function as an adjective, for example "reading" in " the reading girl".
Here it's "taking" as in Taking a break: the correct answer is d.