The thesis<span> statement usually appears near the beginning of a paper. It can be the first sentence of an essay, but that often feels like a simplistic, unexciting beginning. It more frequently appears at or near the end of the first paragraph or two.</span>
D. the rest are the government branches :)
Its either B or C.
never the last one, it actually is better to have points from the other side stated in your argument. But then you refute them it helps with your argument.