Besides building context for the controversy and introducing the controversy , the persuasive essay introduction paragraph should do which of the following ? A. Provide a thesis statement where you state your position B. Provide all the evidence you plan to use in the body paragraphs C. Provide all the opposing views currently known to this controversy D. Provide a background of the point of view of the author

A. Provide a thesis statement where you state your position.

Explanation:

A "persuasive essay" is meant to convince/persuade people that the idea or argument you are claiming is true. In order to attain such goal, a writer needs to establish an effective introduction.

The "introduction" of the persuasive essay must contain the "thesis statement." This allows the writer to state his argument, thereby giving the readers a clue on what the writer is going to talk about or the main idea of his essay.

So, this explains the answer.

alright, so here, the author clearly thinks that flooding the canyon was a bad idea and is showing bias against it.