What is the purpose of evidence in a persuasive text? Select the best answer from the choice provided.
A.
introduce new information
B.
support a claim
C.
provide a counterargument
D.
elaborate with details

The best answer would be B. Evidence is supposed to support the claim you've made in your topic sentence (if it's an essay). The main purpose of a persuasive text is to make the audience believe your views.

Telling about the scarce of money with the federal debt because of the earthquake of San Francisco tells the readers about the idea that the story is of the 1900s time in New York.

Explanation:

The gift of the magi is one of the most famous stories written by O. Henry. O. Henry did not allude to the historical period in a direct way in this story and the reason for this is that the relation ship between many of the characters in the story is timeless.

But the readers get a hint about the time and the place of the story that it is in New York and of the time period in 1900s because that was the time when money was scare with the federal debt because of the San Francisco earthquake.