Please don't be mad if im wrong because im fairly certain it is
C) Participial phrase
The meaning is to be in strong disagreement with someone struggling constantly as in.
Adverbs are words that are used to modify or qualify the verb, adjective and sometimes another adverb. From the sentence above and from the choices given, the word that is not an adverb is the word because. Thus, the answer is letter D.
B unreasonable because Steve was being very suspicious