Read the excerpt from "children of the drug wars." this would allow life-or-death decisions to be made within hours by homeland security officials, even though studies have shown that border patrol agents fail to adequately screen mexican children to see if they are being sexually exploited by traffickers or fear persecution, as the agents are supposed to do. why would they start asking central american children key questions needed to prove refugee status? the united states expects other countries to take in hundreds of thousands of refugees on humanitarian grounds. countries neighboring syria have absorbed nearly 3 million people. jordan has accepted in two days what the united states has received in an entire month during the height of this immigration flow—more than 9,000 children in may. the united states should also increase to pre-9/11 levels the number of refugees we accept to 90,000 from the current 70,000 per year and, unlike in recent years, actually admit that many. which elements of the excerpt indicate that it is an editorial? select two options. evidence to support an opinion an unbiased view of events words with strong connotations facts and statistics a story-like presentation

1. evidence to support an opinion

2. words with strong connotations

Explanation:

1. Thank

2. Me

3. Later

Read the excerpt from "Children of the Drug Wars."

This would allow life-or-death decisions to be made within hours by Homeland Security officials, even though studies have shown that border patrol agents fail to adequately screen Mexican children to see if they are being sexually exploited by traffickers or fear persecution, as the agents are supposed to do. Why would they start asking Central American children key questions needed to prove refugee status?

The United States expects other countries to take in hundreds of thousands of refugees on humanitarian grounds. Countries neighboring Syria have absorbed nearly 3 million people. Jordan has accepted in two days what the United States has received in an entire month during the height of this immigration flow—more than 9,000 children in May. The United States should also increase to pre-9/11 levels the number of refugees we accept to 90,000 from the current 70,000 per year and, unlike in recent years, actually admit that many.

Which elements of the excerpt indicate that it is an editorial? Select two options.

evidence to support an opinion

an unbiased view of events

words with strong connotations

facts and statistics

a story-like presentation

Explanation:

the answer is  A. evidence to support an opinion

c

explanation:

modal adverbs are used to modify specific verbs that consist of a linking verb (verb of being) and sometimes another verb. examples of modal verbs include can, could, may, might, must, shall, should, will and would.

modal auxiliary. an auxiliary verb characteristically used with other verbs to express mood, aspect, or tense. in english, the most common modal auxiliaries are can, could, may, might, must, ought, shall, should, will, and would. also called modal .