4. Who stated a fact?
This is a 1969 Chevrolet Camaro Conve
rtible.
I know, right. It’s cute.
This is a fact!
This is an opinion!
5. How do we know?
Facts are statements that can be proven
true or false by unbiased evidence.
Example:
Harry Potter is written by J.K. Rowling.
6. • You should know that a statement
of fact may be found to be untrue
. When that happens, the statement
is no longer a fact, it is an error.
7. Opinions, are statements which
express a personal bias or a point of
view and cannot be proven objectively
.
It is a statement of what an individual
feels, thinks, or believes.
Example:
I think it's the best story ever written.
8. • You should know that a statement of
opinion is sometimes disguised as a fact.
Example:
It is understood that the children of
working mothers feel rejected.
9.
10. Fact or Opinion?
1. My friend has six fingers on one hand.
2. L. Frank Baum wrote "The Wizard of Oz
".
3. Her house is really beautiful.
4. Nine plus one equals ten.
5. I will finish before the rest of the class.
F
F
O
F
O
11. Fact or Opinion
The core of the earth has a temperature of nea
rly 5,000 degrees centigrade.
Edward James Olmos is more than an extraord
inary actor; he is also a dedicated political activ
ist.
F
O
12. Thomas Edison’s second patented invent
ion, a stock market ticker, sold for $40,0
00 in 1869.
F
13. Remember; a fact is not the opposite
of an opinion. They are simply types of
statements. If a fact is untrue or false, it
does not turn into an opinion. By the same
logic, if an opinion is believed by everyone, it
does not turn into a fact.
14. Perhaps most important, facts are
not better than opinions, or vice
versa. There is no hierarchy. They
are simply types of statements, so
even though an opinion cannot be
proven, opinions are every bit as
important as facts.
15. Thank you very much!
Sources: Baraceros, 2005
http://www.montgomerycollege.edu/~steuben/factopinion.html
