Fact or Opinion

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Fact or Opinion
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Fact or Opinion

• A FACT is something you can prove to be true.

An OPINION may not be true. It is what someone
thinks.
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Fact

• Facts answer these questions.

Who?
What?
Where?
When?
Why?
How?
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Opinion

• Clues that tell you its an opinion.

An opinion sentence might have words like
I think I believe I feel in my opinion
Or phrases using words like
best, should, better then, must
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Fact or Opinion?

• Most classrooms have desk and chairs.

Fact
I think classrooms should have couches.
Opinion
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Dogs Around the World

• Most dogs are pets. But there are still wild
  dogs in different parts of the world. I think the
  jackal found in Africa, Asia, and Europe is the
  most dangerous. In Australia, the dingo is a
  native wild dog. Another wild dog is the coyote
  in North America.

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What facts are given in the paragraph?

• Who or what is the paragraph about?

What are some examples of these animals?
Where are some of these animals found?
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What opinion is given?

• What judgment does the writer make about jackals?

How could you prove that the facts are true?
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Outdoor Movies

• The best way to see a movie is at a drive-in
  theater. These outdoor theaters had their
  beginnings in 1933 in Riverton, New Jersey.
  Richard Hollingshead, Jr., set up a movie screen
  in front of his garage. Later that year he opened
  a real drive-in theater in the town of Camden.
  This theater had room for 400 cars. What a clever
  idea!

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Fact or Opinion?

• This movie theater had room for 400 cars.

The best was to see a movie is at a drive-in
theater.
These outdoor theaters had their beginnings
in 1933 in Riverton, New Jersey
What other sentence in the paragraph is an
opinion?
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Classroom Pets

• Many classrooms have pets. This is the best way
  for students to learn about animals. But
  classroom pets need a place to go during the
  summer. In Plano, Texas, the schools have a
  mini-zoo. Teachers can borrow pets for the school
  months. When summer comes, they return the pets
  to the zoo. Schools in other towns should follow
  this example.