Refer to your Expeditions in Reading book for a complete version of this text. Which statement is a main idea of “The Most Famous Woman in America”?

A. Because she is a woman, Barton must fight to receive permission to treat the wounded on the battlefield.

B. Because she is so shy, Barton avoids public speaking engagements as much as possible.

C. After the Civil War, Barton quits nursing and tours the country giving speeches.

D. Barton’s skirt is pierced by enemy bullets, but this does not frighten her.

an argumentative essay presents objectively a topic and its main characteristics. besides, it states all this information and facts by giving authentic and substantiated proof to the audience. by contrast, a persuasive text purpose is to convince the audience about some facts by presenting them according to his/her emotions and feelings. the main purpose of a persuasive text is to convince the audience to agree with the author´s opinion. on the other hand, in the argumentative essay, the author leads the writer to recognize his/her point of view as the correct one.

the answer is b. i read this story before.