Fact vs.

Opinion

An Interactive Exercise
 Directions:
• Lets use what we learned yesterday and practice
telling the difference between a fact and an opinion.

• Each slide contains a statement. Read the statement

carefully, then click on either the fact or opinion
button at the bottom of the slide.

• Use the back button to proceed to the next question

and continue this same process for all questions.
Question #1

Abraham Lincoln was the greatest

president.

Fact Opinion
Question #2

Marilyn Monroe was a movie actress.

Fact Opinion
Question #3

Tiger Woods is the best golfer who ever

played the game.

Fact Opinion
Question #4

Tiger Woods was the first African

American to win the Masters Golf
Tournament.

Fact Opinion
Question #5

Dale Earnhardt died in a NASCAR race

crash.

Fact Opinion
Question #6

All Rap lyrics are offensive.

Fact Opinion
Question #7

Charles Lindbergh was brave to attempt

to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean.

Fact Opinion
Response #1: Incorrect

Although Abraham Lincoln was a

president, whether or not he was the
greatest president is an opinion.
Response #1: Correct!

Although Abraham Lincoln was a

president, it is an opinion that he was the
greatest one.
Response #2: Correct!

Marilyn Monroe was in 29 movies. Since she

acted in those movies, that is a fact.
Response #2: Incorrect!
Marilyn Monroe was in 29 movies. This is a
fact, not an opinion.
Response #3: Incorrect

Although Tiger Woods has won many golf

titles, whether he is the greatest golfer is an
opinion. It can be debated based on the
amount of titles he has won, but even this might
not be the only basis for evaluating him as the
greatest.
Response #3: Correct!

Although Tiger Woods has won many

golf titles, calling him the greatest is an
opinion. It is a topic open to debate.
Response #4: Correct!

In the history of the Masters

Tournament, this is a fact. Tiger Woods
was the first African American to win the
Masters.
Response #4: Incorrect!

Since no African American had ever won

the Masters before Tiger Woods did, this
is not an opinion, but a fact.
Response #5: Incorrect!

Dale Earnhardt died on February 18,

2001 as a result of a crash during the
2001 Daytona NASCAR race. This is a
fact, not an opinion.
Response #5: Correct!

Dale Earnhardt died on February 18,

2001 as a result of a crash during the
2001 Daytona NASCAR race. This is a
fact.
Response #6: Incorrect!

Although Rap lyrics often contain questionable

language, whether they are offensive or not is
an opinion, not a fact.
Response #6: Correct!

Although Rap lyrics often contain

“bad” or questionable language,
whether this makes them offensive or
not is an opinion.
Response #7: Incorrect!

Many people thought Lindbergh’s

attempt to fly nonstop across the
Atlantic Ocean was foolhardy rather
than brave. Although he was
successful, calling him brave is a value
judgment and an opinion rather than a
fact.
Response #7: Correct!

Many people thought Lindbergh’s idea

was foolhardy rather than brave.
Calling this a brave act may be
considered a reasonable argument, but
it is not a fact.
 Share with a Partner
• Turn and talk to the person next to
you. Give them one fact and one
opinion statement about yourself. See
if they can determine the fact vs the
opinion.
Students Need More Sleep!!!!
Please help your sixth grade teachers convince the
Lunsford administration that middle school students
need more sleep and should be able to come to school
later.
List 3 reasons why sixth graders should start school at
9:00A.M. Please be ready to share your reasons for
the class list.
 What is this list missing?
• In order to be persuasive, we need
facts that back up our claim.
 FACTS!!!!
Claim
+ Factual Information
= A strong persuasive argument

Persuasion should include facts to

support your claim.
 Facts that students require
more sleep.
• 60% of all middle school kids report
extreme daytime sleepiness.
• Over 25 percent fall asleep in class at least
once a week
• moodiness, depression, and even binge
eating—are actually symptoms of chronic
sleep deprivation.
• Students that are fully rested outperform
Drowsy students by more than 15%
 After the Facts:
After the facts are added to our list, we now have a strong
argument!
Practice Identifying facts and
opinions in a passage.
Area 51
Area 51 is a military facility approximately 90 miles
north of Las Vegas. At the center of the site there
sits a large air base. Area 51 is also the site of a
U.S. Government UFO cover-up. This is one of the
strangest places that you can ever visit. "The
government is hiding the remains of alien
spacecraft there," says Sarah Mitchell, a long-time
resident from the surrounding area.
 AREA 51 (continued)
The possibility of aliens draws visitors
to the area. There is even a book for visitors
seeking information. Written by Glenn Campbell, it
is titled Area 51 Viewers Guide. It is the best and
most informative book available on Area 51. More
than 100,000 people purchased this book