How are the thesis statement, reasons, and textual evidence within a comparative essay related?
A. Reasons explain how or why the textual evidence supports the claim expressed in the thesis statement. B. Reasons express the essay's main claim; textual evidence is described and defended by the thesis statement.
C. The thesis statement explains how textual evidence supports the essay's reasoning.
D. Textual evidence, which appears in the thesis statement, explains the reasoning behind a claim.​