The first surprising thing in this chapter is?
Chapter 8 of The Wind Master

The rest of the chapter is mostly about Windrider, Moon Shadow's father, and his new glider. Moon Shadow and his friend Robin plan a picnic for Windrider to test the new glider outside at Ocean Beach. When the day arrives, Windrider gets dressed up and puts a red ribbon in his hair.

an argumentative essay presents objectively a topic and its main characteristics. besides, it states all this information and facts by giving authentic and substantiated proof to the audience. by contrast, a persuasive text purpose is to convince the audience about some facts by presenting them according to his/her emotions and feelings. the main purpose of a persuasive text is to convince the audience to agree with the author´s opinion. on the other hand, in the argumentative essay, the author leads the writer to recognize his/her point of view as the correct one.

i would have to say "a" or "d".