What is the purpose of citing textual evidence in a literary analysis essay

Textual evidence is information stated in a given text that is used to support inferences, claims and assertions made by a student or researcher. Textual evidence often requires a large amount of critical thinking, especially when dealing with inferred evidence.

the examples that saki used to represent satire through situational irony are options two (2) and five (5) inasmuch as the wolf thought that looking for a girl in the bushes could be as easy as hunting little pigs at the park, but it took him so much time to find the girl if it had not been not for a silly mistake. also, bertha would have survived to the wolf's hunt if she had not won those medals for goodness, which at the end they were what got her killed by making noise, so winning medals of goodness was not so good achievement, after all.

it b =a chorus ik for a fact