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Which of the following would not work as a supporting paragraph of a) persuasive essay that begins with the thesis below?

 

Thesis: The easiest and quickest way to reduce America's energy consumption is to build cheap and effective mass-transit systems in our 30 biggest cities.

 

○ A. A paragraph that admits we can save energy by carpooling but points out that Americans           have historically been unwilling to carpool

○ B. A paragraph explaining the expected reduction in fuel consumption as a result of building           mass-transit systems 

○ C. A paragraph that supports research into alternative fuel sources 

○ D. A paragraph that lists other methods of cutting down on fuel consumption, adds up their           cumulative effects and finds that they save less fuel than the transit systems would alone.

An Italian kept a fruit-stand on a corner where he had good aim at the people who came down from the elevated station, and at those who went along two thronged streets. He sat most of the day in a backless chair that was placed strategically.

 

There was a babe living hard by, up five flights of stairs, who regarded this Italian as a tremendous being. The babe had investigated this fruit-stand. It had thrilled him as few things he had met with in his travels had thrilled him. The sweets of the world had laid there in dazzling rows, tumbled in luxurious heaps. When he gazed at this Italian seated amid such splendid treasures, his lower lip hung low and his eyes, raised to the vendor's face, were filled with deep respect, worship, as if he saw omnipotence.

 

 "a fruit-stand on a corner

  ...living hard by, up five

     flights of stairs"

What short story element is most evident in the following passage from "A Great Mistake"?

A. Theme 

B. Setting 

C. Plot