Question

Which of the following is a characteristic of an editorial?

Answer 1

Writing to convince audience about an opinion

Answer 2

The correct answer is C. Writing to convince your audience about an opinion

Explanation:

An editorial is a type of short persuasive text usually written by publishers of newspapers, magazines or individual authors to express their position about a current issue or event. Because of this, editorials are written in prose, follow formal writing style and aim at persuading the audience about the position or opinion explained in the text, which means they are not objective because they support a specific point of view. Considering, the one that is a characteristic of an editorial is "writing to convince your audience about an opinion" because editorials are persuasive text and therefore aimed at convincing the audience about the opinion or position of the author.