Author Question: Since colonial times, women have served in the armed forces. Yet, in 1940, at the outset of World ... (Read 28 times)

Tazate · **on:** Jul 15, 2018

Since colonial times, women have served in the armed forces. Yet, in 1940, at the outset of World War II, just 2 percent of armed forces personnel were women. By the 2003 War in Iraq, women represented about 7 percent of all deployed U.S. troops. By mid-December, 2003, eight of the 460 War in Iraq fatalities were women. In 2003, women represented 15 percent of all people in the armed forces.

The purpose of the paragraph is

a. to inform the reader how many women have served in the armed
forces since colonial times.
b. to compare the number of women killed in combat to that of men.
c. to argue that although there are many women in the armed forces, it really should be all men.

The tone of the paragraph is
a. statistical. b. critical. c. sensational.

Question 2

Since Elwood wants to be broadcast journalist, he is majoring in radio, television,
and film.

A. Simple sentence
B. Compound sentence
C. Complex sentence