I believe that the answer is D. The general purpose of the speech is that you provide an argument for a topic with your support and provide counters to the counter arguments for the topic itself. Your main purpose should be to prove the audience believe that you are correct in what you are explaining and talking about.
Answer:
There is good reason to be thankful.
E-V-S (Expletive-Verb-Subject)
Explanation:
Unlike most sentences, this sentence does not follow the usual pattern of Subject + Verb, instead, it begins with an Expletive, then a verb and lastly the subject.
<em>There</em> is the expletive because it is a word without meaning that does not add to the sense of the sentence, and that, instead, is inserted to give emphasis, it acts as an intensifier.
<em>Is</em> is a conjugation of the verb “be” in present and it indicates the existence of the subject.
Lastly, <em>good reason to be thankful</em> is the subject because it is the thing that is being discussed in the sentence.
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