Not ad hominem, because that has to be directed at a person. Probably not a red herring, because that involves misdirection and clues, which seems out of order for this type of work. Poisoning the well involves making further phrases seem stupid or pointless by statements made to start. A slippery slope is an action or idea that leads to problems and issues to come, and in this case i think that applies.
Answer:
Being blind.
Explanation:
Participial phrase is a group of words consisting of a participle (present or past participle) which acts as a main word, and a modifier ( present participle ends on -ing, while past participle has different suffixes which depends on the verb is regular or irregular). Whatever participle it may be, these phrases always act as an adjective in a sentence, modifying nouns. Knowing this, the only possible answer is being blind; other answers don't contain present or past participle. Also, this phrase modifies the word street, which is a noun, so it functions as an adjective.
Content is what I personally would focus on.
Even back to the Middle Ages, most especially the Protestant Reformation in Germany, cartoons and caricatures are extensively used as visual propaganda for reforms to the all-powerful Catholic Church
I hope my answer has come to your help. God bless and have a nice day ahead.
Answer:
I believe it is the line "till bore an apple bright" becusse it link to the story of Adam and Eve with the forbidden apple tree and apple also links to a poison treee