It's not quite logos, not yet. It will be when the reasons for the separation start pouring out. There are quite a number of them.
It's not pathos either. Pathos is an emotional appeal. None of the men making the Declaration were making the appeal on the grounds that they had any emotional reason for demanding their independence.
By a very very narrow margin, I would say this is a purpose rather than a thesis. A thesis outlines what will come in the paragraphs to follow. A purpose tells us what we are about to find out and why this separation is about to take place.
It's a very narrow choice. I would choose C, but I'd never be surprised to learn that your marker believes it is D.
Answer:
They ask the priest to sprinkle holy water on the grave so the old man's spirit
will make it rain.
Answer:
States a claim that can be backed up with evidence - strong
states facts about the topic - strong
focuses on a very specific word - strong
answers a major question related to the literary work - strong
is open to argument - weak
Going by now it got better because back then there was a depression and economic failures and then we had got out of the depression and we still somewhat are having economic failures but i hope that helps.
C) "The Pelican Breif." Dir. Alan J. Pakula, Juila Roberts, Denzel Washington, Sam Shepard and John Heard. Warner Home Video. 2009, Blu-ray.