What is the function of the
following passage
(highlighted) in the sample
persuasive essay body
paragraph?
but it seems that this
argument is DOA.
A. This is the claim at the beginning of the
paragraph.
B. This is part of the rebuttal to the
counterargument.
C. This is the warrant explaining a piece
of evidence or data.
D. This is the counterargument.

The play, doctor faustus, opens with a prologue. by describing faustus's beginnings as a child "base of stock" and his end as his "waxen wings" melted when "heaven conspired" to stop him, the chorus subtly calls to audience's minds, as they begin to view the play, the commonly held idea of the great chain of being the pact with the devil the seven deadly sins the renaissance man