Poe creates contrast in his portrayal of the bird in "The Raven" by placing the black bird on the marble statue. The contrast between the darkness of the bird and the whiteness of the statue is quite striking, exactly the thing he wanted to achieve.
"People imagine things that are not really there" is why people drew pictures of Nessie after seeing a fence post. The tourists were either not expecting a sighting or were expecting a sighting too much. So when the fence post rose up in the water, the tourists imagined a monster instead of a piece of wood. Because of the myth of Nessie in Loch Ness, tourists were led to believe that what they saw was could only be a monster.
And they yelled because they are performing both actions at once
Answer:
A. It provides evidence in support of the thesis statement.
Explanation:
Choice B isn't correct because you shouldn't be making a direct statement containing the thesis in the second paragraph of your essay. That's supposed to be done in the introductory paragraph.
Choice C isn't correct because you restate your thesis in the <em>conclusion</em> of your essay, not in the second paragraph.
Choice D isn't correct because the thesis statement shouldn't be a question, it should be a claim--and there shouldn't be questions in an essay, unless very well written and rhetorical.
Therefore, Choice A is correct. The body paragraph of an essay should always provide evidence to back up the essay's main claim/thesis.
