1) Did she have the courage to leave a cushion job
2) Finally she worked up the courage and turned on the computer.
3) His words put courage into every heart
4) The child was small and somewhat deformed, but of great courage and intelligence.
5)Finally she dragged up the courage to broach the subject.
I believe it would be to inform, the particular excerpt isn't really informing about anything, and its not persuading the reader to do anything, simply attempting to entertain the reader with a story.
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The underlined word is a complete subject. So, the best option is A.