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Title: Fact and Opinion


1
Fact and Opinion
  • How to Tell the Difference

2
Facts
  • Facts are statements that can be proven.
  • Facts may be true or false.
  • But facts can be proven.
  • Examples
  • 1. Statistically, women live longer than men.
  • Most buses weigh more than most cars.
  • There are ten inches in a foot (false).

3
Opinions
  • Opinions are statements that cannot be proven.
  • Opinions can be argued.
  • Opinions may be supported with facts.
  • Opinions cannot be proven.
  • Examples
  • Golf is boring.
  • Pizza is delicious.
  • Math is the hardest subject.

4
Fact or Opinion?
  1. According to sales records, strawberry ice-cream
    is the worst selling of all flavors.
  2. Therefore, we can conclude that strawberry is the
    least popular major ice-cream flavor.
  3. This is because strawberry ice-cream does not
    taste as good as vanilla and chocolate.

5
Practice
  1. Write down whether each example is fact or
    opinion.
  2. Explain your answer.

6
1
  • The Family Guy is not appropriate to watch during
    school.

7
2
  • There are fewer panda bears in the world than
    grizzly bears.

8
3
  • Drinking orange juice right after brushing your
    teeth tastes bad.

9
4
  • Justin Bieber deserved to win the Grammy for best
    new artist.

10
5
  • Chicken that has not been properly prepared and
    cooked may cause salmonella.

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6
  • Cheating on your boyfriend or girlfriend is wrong.

12
7
  • The Xbox came out before the Wii.

13
8
  • Super Mario is one of the greatest video game
    characters of all time.

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9
  • Chocolate milk tastes better than regular milk.

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10
  • Charter school students are scheduled to attend
    school more often than students who attend
    neighborhood schools.

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Answers
  1. Opinion
  2. Fact
  3. Opinion
  4. Opinion
  5. Fact
  6. Opinion
  7. Fact
  8. Opinion
  9. Opinion
  10. Fact
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