Question

1. why might a letter written by a soldier involved in a battle differ from a news article about the same battle, written by a journalist?

○ poets and journalists usually dislike one another’s approach to writing.
○ journalists may know less about that specific battle’s strategies.
○ the soldiers and the journalist have different perspectives on the event.
○ a news article typically has domain specific vocabulary and specific text structures in it.

Explanation:

To determine why a soldier's letter and a journalist's news article about the same battle differ, we analyze each option:

• Option 1 (Poets and journalists disliking each other) is irrelevant, as the question involves a soldier and a journalist.
• Option 2 (Journalists knowing less about battle strategies) is not the primary reason for the difference in their writings; the core issue is perspective, not knowledge.
• Option 3 (Soldier and journalist having different perspectives) is correct. A soldier, as a participant, has a firsthand, personal perspective of the battle, while a journalist, as an observer/reporter, has a more objective or externally - focused perspective. Their differing roles and experiences lead to different ways of presenting the event.
• Option 4 (News article’s domain - specific vocabulary) explains the style of a news article but not why it differs from a soldier’s letter, which is more about personal experience and perspective than vocabulary/structure.

Answer:

The soldiers and the journalist have different perspectives on the event. (The option corresponding to this statement, e.g., if it's the third option in the list, then "The third option: The soldiers and the journalist have different perspectives on the event.")