FACT VS. OPINION

What is an opinion?

• Something you can prove. 
• Someone's thoughts on a topic. 

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What is a fact?

• Your thoughts on something.
• Something you can prove. 

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Computer games quickly become boring.

• Fact
• Opinion

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Which of the following is a fact?

•  I received a 98% on the reading test
• Gary Paulsen is my favorite author.
•  I'm the smartest student in the 11th grade
• Reading is very easy

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Halloween is the 31st of October 

• Fact
• Opinion 

Immigrants who are in the U.S. illegally are a very big problem for the country today.

• FACT

• OPINION

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Cheating on your boyfriend or girlfriend is wrong.

• Fact
• Opinion

What is a "fact"?

• a piece of information that may be true for you and not for me

• a piece of information that can be proven true, regardless of how you feel about it

• a piece of information that can be proven to be false

• Something that someone believes

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An opinion is

• a statement that can be proved as true

• a person's thoughts or feelings on a topic

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Does Agreeing with a statement make it a fact?

• No

• Yes

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