Literary analysis body paragraphs: element, evidence, explanation. the explanation in a body paragraph should come
a. in the paragraph following the paragraph where you present all your evidence
b. right after your evidence and should explain how it supports the topic sentence
c. right after your topic sentence, before the evidence
i will mark you brainliest for the best and answer that is correct and the best explanation

Read the excerpt from the dark game: true spy stories from invisible ink to cia moles. yet, by the time robert e. lee surrendered to ulysses grant at appomattox, virginia, some four years later, about 620,000 soldiers had died on the battlefields, more than american battle deaths in all other wars from the revolution through the vietnam war. what is the author’s primary purpose for including this detail? to inform readers about the differences between three military conflicts to persuade readers of the seriousness of the american civil war to entertain readers with tales from behind the lines of battle to encourage readers to visit battlegrounds in appomattox, virginia