Question

We have no quarrel with the German people. We have no feeling towards them but one of sympathy and friendship. It was not upon their impulse that their Government acted in entering this war. It was not with their previous knowledge or approval. It was a war determined upon as wars used to be determined upon in the old, unhappy days when peoples were nowhere consulted by their rulers and wars were provoked and waged in the interest of dynasties or of little groups of ambitious men who were accustomed to use their fellow men as pawns and tools.
How does Wilson organize the text to support the viewpoint in the paragraph?
A. He switches from specific reasons to general reasons.
B. He describes a clear cause-and-effect situation.
C. He states a main idea and offers details to make his point.
D. He details events in chronological order.

Answer 1

I believe the answer is: C. He states a main idea and offers details to make his point.
This would make the readers understand the reasons why the author arrive to his current point of view.
This understanding would increase the likelihood of the readers to agree/conform to author's view.

Answer 2

Answer:

C. He states a main idea and offers details to make his point.

Explanation:

The main point of the whole speech is:

"We have no quarrel with the German people."

After this he gives details to explain what is happening and why he says that they have no hardfeelings towards the german people, because they weren´t involved or consulted when it came to the war decisions, so when the war was held, it was brought up to them, they didn´t have a saying, as the government took them to war without their consent, and people in the rest of the world should blame the german people or have hard feelings towards them.