In "Dylan’s Nobel Prize settles debate: Rock lyrics are poetry" by Dan DeLuca, DeLuca's claim is stated in sentence 6. Sentence 6 reads, "The answer must be yes, because on Thursday, Dylan was awarded the highest honor for a writer: the Nobel Prize in literature." In the previous sentence, DeLuca asks if rock lyrics are poetry, which he responds to in sentence 6. DeLuca claims that in fact rock lyrics are poetry.
Answer: Author's opinion, or viewpoint, is the way the author looks at a topic or the ideas being described.
Declarative if i am not mistaken
