Question

By sending these children away, “you are handing them a death sentence,” says José Arnulfo Ochoa Ochoa, an expert in Honduras with World Vision International, a Christian humanitarian aid group. This abrogates international conventions we have signed and undermines our credibility as a humane country. It would be a disgrace if this wealthy nation turned its back on the 52,000 children who have arrived since October, many of them legitimate refugees.

—“The Children of the Drug Wars,”
Sonia Nazario

Which phrases indicate this passage is from an editorial? Check all that apply.

“handing them a death sentence”
“an expert in Honduras”
“a Christian humanitarian aid group”
“undermines our credibility as a humane country”
“would be a disgrace”
“52,000 children who have arrived”

Answer 1

“handing them a death sentence”
“undermines our credibility as a humane country”
“would be a disgrace”

Reason: these are opinionated, emotive or moral-judgment phrases typical of an editorial. The others are factual descriptions or statistics.