What is the purpose of a counterargument in a persuasive text?
a. to respectfully address any doubts or objections to the claim
b. to weaken the validity of the main argument
c. to demonstrate consideration of only one side of the topic
d. to personally disrespect the sources of the opposing argument

Which revision of this sentence best uses direct characterization?

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Read the excerpt from the dark game: true spy stories from invisible ink to cia moles. yet, by the time robert e. lee surrendered to ulysses grant at appomattox, virginia, some four years later, about 620,000 soldiers had died on the battlefields, more than american battle deaths in all other wars from the revolution through the vietnam war. what is the author’s primary purpose for including this detail? to inform readers about the differences between three military conflicts to persuade readers of the seriousness of the american civil war to entertain readers with tales from behind the lines of battle to encourage readers to visit battlegrounds in appomattox, virginia