What is the function of the following sentence in the
sample persuasive essay body paragraph?
Does the outcome of a game
really matter when the
consequence is inattentive
teaching?
A. This is the counterargument -- the
opposing point of view.
B. This is a transitional sentence
connecting the claim with the data.
C. This is a rhetorical question -- part of
the warrant or explanation of the data.
D. This is the data used to prove the
claim.

Read this excerpt from leah missbach day's foreword to wheels of change.as wbr's resident photographer i am privileged to see firsthand the impact bicycles have on the lives of our recipients.why does the author include this excerpt?

Me which theme is developed by the changing relationship between the narrator and his daughter in this excerpt ? as she grew older, she spent more of her time with girls. so much time indeed did she spend with them that she came no more, as she used to do, to her father’s room. i was scarcely on speaking terms with her. when mini and her father stop communicating, it develops the theme that children should not speak unless spoken to. as mini becomes more independent, it develops the theme that parents must learn to let go as their children grow up. as mini spends more time with friends, it develops the theme that young people are more influenced by peers than by parents. when mini and her father see each other far less often, it develops the theme that absence makes the heart grow fonder.

In the song mallam sile sings in lines 113 through 130 the knife probably represents