D: using textual evidence to support her inference.
Read the passage from Sophie’s paper on Response to Erik of Sweden.
Although Queen Elizabeth is polite, she also seems a bit annoyed. For example, she says, "It seems strange for your Serene Highness to write that you understand from your brother and your ambassadors that we have entirely determined not to marry an absent husband; and that we shall give you no certain reply until we shall have seen your person.”
By including the quote, Sophie is
A: clarifying the overall purpose of the text.
B: adopting a second-person point of view.
C: adding implicit information to her conclusion.
D: using textual evidence to support her inference.
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