What fact would you select to support your understanding of evidence in an argument? a.) evidence must always be taken from a secondary source b.) evidence must directly support the authors claim c.) evidence must partially support the authors claim d.) evidence must always be taken from a primary source

The correct answer is "B":

The best way that an author can give credibility to the words he or she writes is by providing evidence of what he or she is claiming. This practice applied in an argumentative essay, where the author states his main idea in the first paragraph, followed by a group of paragraphs in which the writer supports evidence of the stated claim in the first paragraph. After getting the buy-in from the reader, the author of the essay then brings closure to the essay with a conclusion in the last paragraph.