Which of these would you primarily consider while gathering supportive evidence for your paragraph of an interpretive essay?
a.
text that justifies the thesis of the essay.
b.
text that supports your topic sentence.
c.
text that artfully engages the reader.
d.
all of the above

B. Text that supports your topic sentence

today we'd use social media to quickly spread a controversial idea, but in the eighteenth century, the printed pamphlet was highly effective. and thomas paine took full advantage of it. on january 9, 1776, when paine published his pamphlet, "common sense," he wanted to push the american people toward independence from britain. it ultimately ignite the american revolution. thomas paine argued that the monarchy was evil and should be rejected as a form of government. to underscore his point, he cited the bible to argue his case -- in judges 8: 22-23: "the israelites said to gideon, 'rule over us, you and your son and your ' gideon told them, 'i will not rule over you. the lord will rule over you'" (nrsv).