What is the main purpose of a newspaper editorial? to inform the public to persuade the public to advertise to the public to sell something to the public

To persuade the public

Explanation:

Editorials are pieces of persuasive writing that encourage action on political, social, and cultural issues. Persuasive writing is used to persuasde someone, so, the answer is to persuade the public.

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the answer should be d) he was one of those young thousands who greeted the war with a certain amount of relief, welcoming the liberation from webs of tangled emotion" since it is the best option because it shows his desire to free himself.

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