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Chapter 10: Fact and Opinion

Chapter 10: Fact and Opinion. Active Reading Skills , 2/e Kathleen McWhorter Brette McWhorter Sember PowerPoint by Gretchen Starks-Martin. Facts are statements that can be verified. Facts can be proven true or false. Facts are objective. Distinguishing Facts and Opinion.

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Chapter 10: Fact and Opinion

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  1. Chapter 10: Fact and Opinion Active Reading Skills, 2/eKathleen McWhorter Brette McWhorter Sember PowerPoint by Gretchen Starks-Martin

  2. Facts are statements that can be verified. Facts can be proven true or false. Facts are objective. Distinguishing Facts and Opinion

  3. My car payments are $250 per month. (You can check this by reading the car loan statement.) Example of Fact

  4. Opinions are statements that express a writer’s feelings, attitudes, or beliefs. They are neither true or false. Distinguishing Facts and Opinion

  5. “My car payments are too expensive.” (Others may disagree with you, especially the company that sold you the car or another person who is paying more than you are.) Example of Opinion

  6. bad worse good better best frightening worthless disgusting amazing wonderful lovely Recognizing Judgment Words(Interpreting, Evaluating, Expressing Feeling)

  7. Writers often mix fact and opinion to encourage readers to accept their opinions along with the facts. Mixing Fact and Opinion

  8. Example: Dr. Athena Hunt, one of the best nutritionists, wrote an article titled, “Soy: The Amazing Miracle Bean.” Mixing Fact and Opinion

  9. Use a reliable source. Find current sources. Look at primary sources when possible. Evaluating Fact and Opinion

  10. Give reasons. Offer personal experience that supports the opinion. Present statistics. Offer examples. Substantiating Opinions

  11. The opinion of experts is known as informed opinion. The Surgeon General is regarded as an authority on the health of Americans, so his opinion would be more trustworthy than a casual observer. Informed Opinions

  12. apparently presumably in my opinion this suggests possibly it is believed in my view it is likely that seemingly one explanation is according to Opinion Words and Phrases

  13. Evaluating Your Progress Use the “Critical Thinking-American Southwest” module in the Reading Skills section on the MyReadingLab Web site at http://www.ablongman.com/myreadinglab .

  14. For more practice visit the Companion Web site. http://www.ablongman.com/mcwhorter

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