•2.probably,perhaps,possibly,usually,often,sometimes,onoccasion(areusedtolimitastatementoffactandtoindicatethepossibilityofotheropinions)•Examples:•Maybeourchildrenwillhavesomeproblems,butwhosechildrendon’t?•Ithasoftenbeenremarkedthatthesaddest thingaboutyouthisthatitiswastedontheyoung.Whatisopinion?...
Examples: They were peered at cautiously from 15、behind curtains by the timid. -To state the fact that the persons were being peered at from behind curtains. -thus the sentence is basically factual. Mixture of fact and opinion When we have a mixture of fact and opinion in a single ...
20211 ReadingSkills ---DistinguishingFactFromOpinion 20212 Generalideaof“fact”and“opinion” •Purpose: •Helpustoachieveadeeperlevelof understandinginourreading. •Facts: •Statementsthatcanbeverified---proventobe true. •Opinions: •---statementsthatdescribesomeone’sjudgment, belief,feeling...
1 2.Distinguishing Fact from OpinionTwo of the statements below present facts,which can be proved.The other statementis an opinion,which expresses someone's thoughts or beliefs.Label the statementsF for fact and O for opinion.a.A person usually needs a college degree to work as a journalist....
12. Distinguishing Fact from Opinion Two of the statements below present facts, which can be proved. The other statement is an opinion, which expresses someone's thoughts or beliefs. Label the statements F for fact ando for opinion a.The North did not agree with the idea of slavery.b.Slave...
Reading Skills ---Distinguishing Fact From Opinion
Reading Skills;General idea of “fact” and “opinion”;Questions;What is fact?;What is fact?;What is opinion?;What is opinion?;What is opinion?;What is opinion?;What is opinion?;What is opinion?;More Examples;The difficulties in separating fact from opinion;Mixture of fact and opinion ;...
believe the moon is made of cheese. Everything else at this stage is simply guessing or giving opinion. However, unless we find evidence for every statement that is ever made, we have to take certain statements as factual. This is why skill is required in distinguishing fact from opinion....
opinion.a.Life was not as fun for children in colonial times as it is today.b.Colonial girls often got married at the age of 16.c.Today most families are smaller than families in colonial times.2.Distinguishing Fact from Opinion Two of the statements below present facts, which can be ...
Distinguishing-Between-factand-opinion BOOK4 Unit8 Tips Testthewriter'sopinionbyaskingwhetheradifferentopinionispossible.Lookforwordsthatinterpretone'sopinionssuchaspretty,ugly,handsome,dangerous,evil,attractive,well-dressed,good,etc.BOOK4 Unit8 Exercises 1.Duringthisperiod,whitepeopledifferedfromblacktomeonly...