Fact & Opinion Assessment

State whether this is a Fact or an Opinion.

The history of ballet began in Italy during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries.

• fact

• opinion

State whether this is a Fact or an Opinion.

Hip hop dancing has been featured in movies such as Step Up and Stomp the Yard.

• Fact

• Opinion

State whether this is a Fact or an Opinion.

Dancing is a safe and healthy activity.

• Fact

• Opinion

Which of the following are facts?

• People have been dancing for thousands of years.

   

• Ballet dancing requires more training than hip hop dancing.

• Dancing isn’t a real sport.

• It takes two people to do the Tango as it was intended to be done.

Which statements are Opinions Below?

(Is there more than one?)

• It takes two people to do the Tango as it was intended to be done.

• Ballet dancing is more respectable than hip hop dancing.

• The longest that anyone has played a dancing video game in one session is 24 hours and 2 minutes.

• Dancing is a lot more fun when you have a partner.

Is this statement a Fact or Opinion?

Break dancing is a style of dance that originated in New York in the 1970s.

State whether this is a Fact or an Opinion.

Michael Jackson is one of the greatest dancers of all time.

• Fact

• Opinion

State whether this statement is a fact or opinion.

Dancing is forbidden in some societies.

• Fact

• Opinion

Identify which of these are Facts.

• Kevin Bacon plays the leading role in the movie Footloose.

• It is hard to dance without the right kind of music playing.

• The waltz is danced in triple time.

• The tarantella is a folk dance that originated in Italy.

Which of these are opinions?

• The waltz is a classy dance.

• Tap dancing is one of the most difficult styles of dance to master.

• Tap dancing shoes have a piece of metal called a “tap” attached to the heel and toe.

• Ballroom dancing is more sophisticated than krump dancing.