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Facts and Opinions

Facts and Opinions. Facts vs. Opinions. Fact : a statement that you can check or prove with evidence; something that can be proved Evidence can be: what someone said something you see something written in a book or text Where do you usually encounter facts? Newspapers Nonfiction books

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Facts and Opinions

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  1. Facts and Opinions

  2. Facts vs. Opinions • Fact: a statement that you can check or prove with evidence; something that can be proved • Evidence can be: • what someone said • something you see • something written in a book or text Where do you usually encounter facts? • Newspapers • Nonfiction books • News Programs on Television Examples: • Ronald Reagan was the 40th president of the United States. • The sun is 93 million miles away from Earth. • A square has four sides. • The restaurant's hours are nine to five.

  3. Facts vs. Opinions • Opinion: a statement that cannot be proven true or false • Opinions are what people believe, feel, or decide about something • Opinions cannot be proven right or wrong Examples: • Ronald Reagan was one of the best presidents the United States has ever had. • That movie was cool! • Computers are confusing. • Blue is the prettiest color. • The book was great. • People should not use cell phones when driving.

  4. Fact or Opinion- Confusing Statements • Ms. Sweiss believes that the best team in the NBA is the Chicago Bulls. • Chicago has the best team in the NBA. Which one is a fact and which one is an opinion? Some people get confused about these types of statements. You could ask Ms. Sweiss if she likes the Bulls, and she could tell you it's a fact that she likes them. You could prove that she likes the Bulls just by asking her. In other words, it is a fact that Ms. Sweiss has an opinion about the Bulls. If she said, “Chicago has the best team in the NBA," it would be an opinion.

  5. Practice with Facts and Opinions 1. Which sentence in the paragraph below is a fact? The ocean is beautiful. It contains the best animals on earth. Oceans have more interesting features than land does. Deep-sea trenches are long and narrow depressions that are 3 to 5 km deeper than the surrounding ocean floor. Deep-sea trenches are creepy! A. The ocean is beautiful. B. Deep-sea trenches are creepy! C. Deep-sea trenches are long and narrow depressions that are 3 to 5 km deeper than the surrounding ocean floor. D. It contains the best animals on earth.

  6. Practice with Facts and Opinions The Dell and Gates foundations were extremely generous in their contribution to Texas schools. The research cited in the Nov. 12 Page One article was pleasing. High schools are too large and too impersonal. So are middle schools, for that matter. As a middle school teacher, I have been fortunate to teach in a school that creates a "school within a school" atmosphere by using core teams and block scheduling. But it's all coming to an end this year. Why? Funding. The new system will be less than ideal for students! adapted from The Dallas Morning News The excerpt above was found in The Dallas Morning News. It is made up of A. equal amounts of facts and opinions. B. all facts. C. mostly opinions. D. mostly facts.

  7. Practice with Facts and Opinions Which of the following statements is an opinion? • A. Gall was a great leader who improved relations between Native Americans and whites. • B. Gall was the chief military lieutenant of Sitting Bull in the great defeat of George Armstrong Custer in the battle of Little Bighorn in 1876. • C. Born in South Dakota, Gall (1840-1894) was war chief of the Sioux Indians. • D. Gall refused to accept the treaty of 1868 (by which he would have been confined to a reservation).

  8. Facts vs. Opinions Which of the following statements is a fact? A. The movie was really boring and did not make any sense. B. We had the best pepperoni pizza ever for dinner. C. Sarah's mom is the funniest person that I know. D. I watched a movie at my friend Sarah's house last night.

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