Read the following excerpt from an essay, and answer the question that follows. i've never actually met a real live humorist. well, not in person at any rate. however, one summer, having a lot of time on my hands, i discovered unexpected treasures lurking in the local public library. among the nuggets i unearthed in those musty stacks was a book by humorist robert benchley. to this day i remember one of his quips. he wrote, "there are two kinds of people in this world: those who divide the world into two kinds of people and those who don't." after laughing out loud, i became pensive. i wondered why the quip was so funny. a year or so later, i formed a theory. humor is based on the unexpected. in the passage above, the topic sentence and the thesis are one and the same. what makes the last sentence effective as a thesis statement? a. specific detail b. assertion c. simplicity d. humor