<span>a merit is the quality of being particularly good or worthy, especially so as to deserve praise or reward.</span>
A. <span>The prefix is contra- and it suggests that what is said is the opposite of something else. </span>
Tomas Moro's Utopia is a critique to wealth and the value given to pretty much useless things such as gold and silver, which cannot be used to build such as iron and are used for adornment and hoarding purposes only. So B. The Utopians value money less than other, more useful things.
There are two kinds of prepositional phrases: adjective phrases and adverb phrases.
An adjective phrase modifies a noun or pronoun. It always comes immediately after the noun or pronoun it modifies:
Joe is the student with the highest grade. ("with the highest grade" modifies "student.")
An adverb phrase modifies a verb, adjective, or adverb. It is used to tell when, where, how, or to what extent about the word it modifies:
Megan put her bird in its cage. ("in its cage" modifies the verb "put.")
For the answer to the question above, before the competition makes sure she knows her content and topic if she finds it hard tell her to write small notes on it to expand and talk about in more detail or research it the night before the debate.