Question

highlight the piece of evidence that best supports the claim.
claim: while wildly popular now, the harry potter series was not expected to be a success.
it took j.k. rowling five years to complete her draft of the first book in the harry potter series. for many years after the draft was completed, she struggled to find a publisher. twelve different publishing houses rejected her before a company called bloomsbury finally accepted the book. even then, bloomsbury executives weren’t convinced that rowling’s work would sell well. they told rowling to get another job because they didn’t think harry potter could realistically bring in much money.

Explanation:

The claim is about the Harry Potter series not being expected to be a success initially. The part about twelve publishing houses rejecting the book and Bloomsbury executives not believing it would sell well (even telling Rowling to get another job as they didn't think it would make much money) directly shows the lack of expectation for its success. This evidence supports that the series was not anticipated to be successful despite its later popularity.

Answer:

The piece of evidence is: "For many years after the draft was completed, she struggled to find a publisher. Twelve different publishing houses rejected her before a company called Bloomsbury finally accepted the book. Even then, Bloomsbury executives weren’t convinced that Rowling’s work would sell well. They told Rowling to get another job because they didn’t think Harry Potter could realistically bring in much money."