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Fact and Opinion Including Inference Murdock/White
Is What I am Reading a FACT? • Ask yourself these questions. 1. Is it true? 2. Can it be proven? If you can answer yes, then it is a FACT!
Examples/Sources to Prove Facts • George Bush was • 56% of US gun deaths president in 2007. are suicides. By using : History Book, By using : Statistics or Encyclopedia or Reliable an Almanac Internet Site • 16 is the legal driving • The adult human body age in Mississippi has 206 bones. By using : Governmental By using : Science Book Law or Reliable Internet Site
Observations are Facts! • Because they can be proven by the senses! For EXAMPLE: Some books are larger than others. Observe books of various sizes. The bracelet is pink. Observe the color of the bracelet.
Is What I am Reading an OPINION? • Ask yourself these questions. 1. Does this statement tell a thought or feeling? 2. Would the statement be true all the time?
OPINION Signal Words • • • Think Perhaps Believe Suggest Probably Usually • • • Beautiful Best Worst Bad Good Most
OPINION • Agreeing with a statement doesn’t make it true! CAUTION For example: Dairy Queen ice cream tastes better than ice cream you buy from the grocery store. Why is this statement an OPINION?
OPINION Again! • Though you may be able to use facts to add credibility to an opinion, it is still an opinion! • Though an opinion may be widely accepted, that does not make it a fact!
Practice, Practice! • George W. Bush was an excellent ________President. likely • It is ____ that the US suicide rate will decrease in this next year. • It is _______ unfair for the legal driving age to be 16.
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Billboards
Newspaper or Magazine Ads
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INFERENCE • To deduce from evidence or conclude • EXAMPLE: Leonardo left copious (plentiful) notes. From these we can state that he used the scientific method in understanding the world.
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