Lets read each sentence and determine which one has an opinion in it.
1) Thomas Paine believed that reconoiliation with Britain was no longer possible. This can be proved because others beliefs are sometimes said aloud or conveyed in such a way they can be proven true.
2) Reconciliation had been attempted and had failed. This can be proven aswell.
3) It was unfortunate that Paine called for action. You cannot proove that this was unfortunate. This is most likely the answer.
4) He urged the colonists to take up arms against the British. This is clearly a fact, there is proof somewhere that this happened.
Your best option here is 3. You cannot prove that it was unfortunate from every perspective possible.
The author's purpose in this passage is to inform. The author is informing the reader on how Elizabethans would typically store their food. It goes into details of differences between food types and some options for storing food and getting nourishment in summer and winter.
I believe the correct answer is A) the speaker in the poem, as well as the chorus in the play, lament noble Antigone's terrible fate.
Answer: personal letters written during a previous century
Explanation: Letters between friends or acquaintances, if written during a past era, would provide more inspiration for a fiction writer than scientific articles or encyclopedia entries, which provide limited, very objective information.