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Distinguishing Facts from Opinions

The document explains the distinction between facts and opinions, defining facts as truths that can be verified and opinions as personal views or judgments. It provides examples to illustrate how advertisements often blend facts with opinions to influence readers. Additionally, it includes tasks for identifying facts and opinions in given passages.

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Distinguishing Facts from Opinions

The document explains the distinction between facts and opinions, defining facts as truths that can be verified and opinions as personal views or judgments. It provides examples to illustrate how advertisements often blend facts with opinions to influence readers. Additionally, it includes tasks for identifying facts and opinions in given passages.

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To be able to distinguish between a

FACT and an OPINION.


 To sort between facts and opinions
 To think of your own facts and
opinions
To know that newspaper reports are
based on facts and opinions
What is a fact?
A fact is something that is known to
be true.
It is something that is based on the
truth and can be backed up.
Something that can be shown to be
true, to exist, or to have happened.
WHAT IS AN OPINION?
• An opinion is a personal view.
• It is the view somebody takes about an
issue, especially when it is based solely on
personal judgment.
• It can also be an expert assessment of
something (e.g. I told the doctor I wanted a
second opinion).
• It can also be the view or views held by
most people or by a large number of people.
FACT AND OPINION.
Definite facts do not often appear in written
texts, even those labelled ‘non-fiction’. Look
at this simple advertisement for a bank credit
card.
More than just a
bank.
Everyone needs to
escape sometimes,
and with a Nat West
credit card, the
world’s your oyster.
It’s accepted at over
14 million outlets
worldwide, which
makes it the ideal
getaway card.. For
details, call
0800 616 848 or pop
FACT AND OPINION.
The only facts in it are the (approximate)
number of outlets and the phone number. All
the rest is opinion (even ‘your local branch’
might be a long way to people who live in the
country). This is designed to make the reader
think that it is important to own one of these
cards. More than just a
bank.
Everyone needs to
escape sometimes,
and with a Nat West
credit card, the
world’s your oyster.
It’s accepted at over
14 million outlets
worldwide, which
makes it the ideal
getaway card.. For
details, call
0800 616 848 or pop
FACT AND OPINION.

Read the following passage:


I’ve got a new car. It is blue. I think it is
fantastic! It goes very fast and makes me feel
special. People will think I’m really cool driving
this car. I worked hard and saved up a lot of
money to buy it.
[Link] you identify three facts about the car.
[Link] you identify two opinion’s that the owner
has about the car.
The Tasks
•To choose one of the set tasks to complete (all
tasks are explain on the task sheet)

•Choose either Task 1, Task 2, Task 3 or the


Extension task OR all of them if you wish to 

•And there is an Adapted task with the use of


symbols to help support reading and
comprehension

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