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Fact and Opinion

The document provides definitions and examples to distinguish between facts and opinions. It notes that facts can be proven true or false through evidence, while opinions express feelings, attitudes or beliefs and are neither true nor false. It also lists some tips to identify facts and opinions, such as the use of value words or predictions in statements. Examples are given of declarative statements that would be considered facts or opinions.

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Fact and Opinion

The document provides definitions and examples to distinguish between facts and opinions. It notes that facts can be proven true or false through evidence, while opinions express feelings, attitudes or beliefs and are neither true nor false. It also lists some tips to identify facts and opinions, such as the use of value words or predictions in statements. Examples are given of declarative statements that would be considered facts or opinions.

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Copy in English Notebook (Secretary will sign the notebooks after copying )

Lesson 2.2
FACT and OPINION

Fact
- is a statement that can be verified.
- can be proven true or false through objective evidence.
- relies on denotative language.
- frequently uses measurable or verifiable numbers, statistics, dates and measurements.

Opinion
- is a statement that expresses a feeling, an attitude, a value judgment, or a belief.
- It is a statement that is neither true nor false. Or it may feel true for some, but false for others.
- cannot be presently verified. - relies on connotative language.
- can mean different things to different people.
- uses value judgment words and comparisons such as “best,” “most,”

Other tips on fact and opinion:


 Opinions may sometimes look like facts because of professional or technical-sounding
words: State funded and accredited schools are far superior to private institutions.
 A false fact is still a fact: A majority of experts agree that smoking daily can improve
your health.
 Predictions are opinions because they cannot be verified right now: By the year 2025,
Americans will have socialized medicine.
 Value (or judgment) words often represent opinions: Antonio Banderas is the most
handsome actor in the movie Interview with the Vampire.
 The word “should” usually signals an opinion:
Government regulation of our private lives should be halted immediately.

Examples of Value Words (these words cannot be verified of measured):


best great beautiful worst terrible
bad should must good strangest
disgusting wonderful pretty most lovely
COPY AND ANSWER in your English Notebook:

Choose either facts or opinion. Put check inside the box.

DECLARATIVE SENTENCES Fact Opinion


1. I think dogs are the best pets.

2. If water reaches 100 degrees, it boils.

3. Chocolate is the best ice cream flavor.

4. Roads are made from asphalt.

5. The vegetables are greener after the rain.

6. Architecture is the knowledge of art.

7. It is too cold to play outside in the winter.

8. China is the fastest growing economy.

9. Dogs are so scary.

10. The sky is blue.

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