Fact vs. Opinion

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Fact vs. Opinion

• An Interactive Exercise

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Directions

• Each slide contains a statement. Read the
  statement carefully, then click on either the
  fact or opinion button at the bottom of the
  slide.
• Once you select your response, you will see a
  slide informing you whether or not your response
  is correct.
• Use the back button to proceed to the next
  question and continue this same process for all
  questions.

Good Luck!
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Question 1Abraham Lincoln was the greatest
president.
Fact
Opinion
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Question 2Marilyn Monroe was a movie actress.
Fact
Opinion
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Question 3Tiger Woods is the best golfer who
ever played the game.
Opinion
Fact
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Question 4Tiger Woods was the first African
American to win the Masters Golf Tournament.
Fact
Opinion
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Question 5Dale Earnhardt died in a NASCAR race
crash.
Fact
Opinion
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Question 6All Rap lyrics are offensive.
Fact
Opinion
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Question 7Charles Lindbergh was brave to
attempt to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean.
Fact
Opinion
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Response 1 IncorrectAlthough Abraham Lincoln
was a president, whether or not he was the
greatest president is an opinion.
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Response 1 Correct! Although Abraham Lincoln
was a president, it is an opinion that he was the
greatest one.
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Response 2 Correct!Marilyn Monroe was in 29
movies. Since she acted in those movies, that
is a fact.
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Response 2 Incorrect! Marilyn Monroe was in
29 movies. This is a fact, not an opinion.
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Although Tiger Woods has won many golf titles,
whether he is the greatest golfer is an opinion.
It can be debated based on the amount of titles
he has won, but even this might not be the only
basis for evaluating him as the greatest.
Response 3 Incorrect
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Response 3 Correct! Although Tiger Woods
has won many golf titles, calling him the
greatest is an opinion. It is a topic open to
debate.
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Response 4 Correct! In the history of the
Masters Tournament, this is a fact. Tiger Woods
was the first African American to win the Masters.
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Response 4 Incorrect! Since no African
American had ever won the Masters before Tiger
Woods did, this is not an opinion, but a fact.
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Response 5 Incorrect! Dale Earnhardt died on
February 18, 2001 as a result of a crash during
the 2001 Daytona NASCAR race. This is a fact,
not an opinion.
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Response 5 Correct! Dale Earnhardt died on
February 18, 2001 as a result of a crash during
the 2001 Daytona NASCAR race. This is a fact.
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Response 6 Incorrect!Although Rap lyrics
often contain questionable language, whether they
are offensive or not is an opinion, not a fact.
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Response 6 Correct!

• Although Rap lyrics often contain bad or
  questionable language, whether this makes them
  offensive or not is an opinion.

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Response 7 Incorrect!

• Many people thought Lindberghs attempt to fly
  nonstop across the Atlantic Ocean was foolhardy
  rather than brave. Although he was successful,
  calling him brave is a value judgment and an
  opinion rather than a fact.

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Response 7 Correct!

• Many people thought Lindberghs idea was
  foolhardy rather than brave. Calling this a
  brave act may be considered a reasonable
  argument, but it is not a fact.

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Nice work!

• If time remains, you may want to try more
  practice with fact and opinion using the
  following websites
• Fact or Opinion?
• Fact or Opinion? Game 1 Quiz
• Tutorial Distinguishing Between Fact and
  Opinion