"Had been cleaning" is in the past perfect progressive tense.
The past perfect progressive tense indicates a continuous action that was completed sometime in the past.
SUBJECT + HAD + BEEN + PRESENT PARTICIPLE
I believe it is B. The serpent part threw me off, but it says "In time venom will breed, no teeth for the present" Which means yes, in time the horrible act will be known but I can do no more.
Read the excerpt from “To the Fringed Gentian” by William Cullen Bryant. I would that thus, when I shall see The hour of death draw near to me, Hope,blossoming within my heart, May look to heaven as I depart. This stanza reflects <span>the attitude that the spirit has greater strength than the body.</span>
You use claims as an introduction, it must be a fact proven with evidence and analysis. Counterclaims can be put anywhere besides the conclusion, and it is an opposition argument for the claim. You can use counterclaims to rebut a claim and go against it.
(If that makes sense)