Speaking and Listening: Evaluating a Speaker — Unit test

Question 14 • FL-1009370-Writing for College Success

Which excerpt from "War Message to Congress" expresses President Wilson's opinion?

Answer

Each nation must decide for itself how it will meet it.

On the 3rd of February last I officially laid before you the extraordinary announcement of the Imperial German Government.

[I]t . . . use[d] its submarines to sink every vessel that sought to approach either the ports of Great Britain and Ireland.

American ships have been sunk, American lives taken.

Explanation

Choice A states a general judgment about how nations should respond: “Each nation must decide for itself how it will meet it.” That expresses Wilson’s opinion. Choices B, C, and D mainly report events or actions, such as Germany’s announcement and the sinking of American ships.

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