Question

Read the passage.

Answer 1

Answer:

While Ms. Muñez has an impressive track record as a large business owner, we feel that she lacks the public service experience needed to serve as mayor of Brookside.

Explanation:

This statement, unlike the other three, does not express a fact, but instead shares the opinion of the columnist or possible the journal. Ms. Muñez may or may not have the public service that are necessary to serve as mayor of Brookside, but this capacity would need to be determined by an official source and by validated studies instead of the opinion of a journal writer.

Answer 2

Answer:

The excerpt from the passage article that expresses an opinion that shows the writer’s bias is While Ms. Muñez has an impressive track record as a large business owner, we feel that she lacks the public service experience needed to serve as mayor of Brookside.

Explanation:

The general purpose of the passage is to convince and motivate citizens to vote for Rochelle Jackson, so it is clearly bias all the way but the sentence between the given options that specifically shows it is "...we feel ..." in the second part of the statement the author is using their personal opinion in a social matter.