A modifier is an optional element in phrase structure or clause structure, they modify aka. change the meaning of another element in the structure, in this case, the right answer would be letter A.
a) The group members who were working on the project together met on Saturday.
sprinkling corn meal
honoring ancestral spirits
accepting death as rebirth
The two statements that explain the use of literary techniques in the passage to create and idealized portrait of rural lifestyles are B and D. Option B talks about a contrast of the corruption of city life and the comfort of the country which is reflected in words that characterize the country such as fine wool and pure gold. Option D talks about expressions that describe positively the life in the country.