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    FACT AND OPINION

    TARGET:

    distinguish between fact and opinion statements;


    analyze fact and opinion.
    Chocolate ice cream is the best flavor.

    The Earth orbits around the sun.


    • The Earth revolves around the Sun.

    • In my view, chocolate ice cream is the best dessert.

    • Water boils at 100 degrees Celsius at sea level.

    • I believe that traveling is the most enriching


    experience one can have in life.
    A fact is a statement that can be tested by
    experimentation, observation, or research and
    shown to be true or untrue.

    An opinion is a person’s belief, feeling, or


    judgment about something. It is a subjective or
    value judgment, and it cannot be proven.
    Words that are clues to statements of opinion.
    I feel
    I think
    I believe
    perhaps
    sometimes
    probably
    often
    Write F on the line in front of each factual
    statement; write O for each statement of opinion.
    ____ 1. Hawaii is in the Pacific Ocean.
    ____ 2. The Krakatoa volcanic eruption was
    heard 1900 miles away.
    ____ 3. Only law enforcement officers should
    carry guns.
    ____ 4. Many private schools today provide a
    superior education to boys and girls.
    ____ 5. A family physician can provide most of the
    medical services which a family requires.
    ____ 6. Medsker discovered that 4-year colleges draw
    about ¾ of their freshmen from the upper 40% of the
    high school graduating classes.
    ____ 7. On the average, U.S. males can expect to live
    7 years less than U.S. females.
    ___ 8. Reader’s Digest is America’s most popular
    magazine.
    ____ 9. Yosemite National Park is the oldest
    national park in the nation.
    ____ 10. Most TV commercials today are
    misleading and silly.
    Mark statements of fact with an F and statements of opinion
    with an O.
    ___ 1. In 1924, the Model T Ford could be purchased for
    AED4,350.
    ___ 2. The Model T was the most important invention of the
    first half of the century.
    ___ 3. By the end of this century, electric cars will be in
    common use.
    ___ 4. Couples should be acquainted for at least a year before
    getting married.
    ___ 5. Joining the Army is the best way to learn
    job skill.
    ___ 6. No symbol elicits fear as does the swastika.
    ___ 7. The core of a pencil is made of graphite and
    clay, not lead.
    ___ 8. It’s better to plant masses of flowers all in
    one color than in two or three colors.
    ___ 9. The equator is 24,901.55 miles long.
    ___10. It’s never too early to teach children how
    to behave.

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