What is the purpose of an editorial in a newspaper?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: A. To present the paper's opinion on an issue
- Step 1: Editorials argue a position and are not objective reports.
Answer
To present the paper's opinion on an issue.
Why not the others: To report the weather forecast for the coming week, To list the classified advertisements for local jobs and To publish the sports results from the weekend matches don't fit.
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