Question

Based on structural elements, what type of expository text does this excerpt from a 1917 Congressional address by President Woodrow Wilson exemplify? I am not now thinking of the loss of property involved, immense and serious as that is, but only of the wanton and wholesale destruction of the lives of non-combatants, men, women, and children, engaged in pursuits which have always, even in the darkest periods of modern history, been deemed innocent and legitimate. Property can be paid for; the lives of peaceful and innocent people cannot be.

Answer 1

Based on structural elements, the type of expository text that this excerpt from a 1917 Congressional address by President Woodrow Wilson exemplifies would be "persuasive"

Answer 2

Based on structural elements, the type of expository text that this excerpt from a 1917 Congressional address by President Woodrow Wilson exemplifies is persuasive. The purpose of a persuasive text is to to present a point of view and to convince a reader. A persuasive text can be an argument, exposition, discussion, review or even an advertisement. In this case, the aim of the congressional address is to convince the nation to enter the war with Germany.