What is the best definition of an argument in literature? a. the process of finding information by searching written sources b. a collection of evidence used to support an author's point of view c. the main idea of a text reworded in a focused, shorter way d. the study of a text in order to better understand it

It will be through raising high the prestige of your administration by success in short-range recovery, that you will have the driving force to accomplish long-range reform. on the other hand, even wise and necessary reform may, in some respects, impede and complicate recovery. what is the purpose of the transitional phrase on the other hand in this excerpt? a) it provides a counter-argument to the writer's main ideas. b) it provides a hypothetical situation for the reader to ponder. c) it provides additional evidence in favor of the writer's argument. d) it provides information about laws that are opposed to the writer's argument.