Fact and Opinion:
Can you tell them apart?
There
are good activities to do on the Bitesize Revision site but
here are some for you to try.
You will
need to be able to spot the difference between fact and opinion
for any work on non literary texts like
- Newspaper
articles
- Leaflets
- Reports
These
appear at some point in the GCSE examination
Here are
some clues.....
A FACT
:
- Is
Information which is true or can be proved in some way by
checking or counting
- Often
contains a definite or exact number like "78% of the
population", "1254 people live on this estate",
eight out of ten owners said their cats preferred it"
AN OPINION:
- Is
a feeling or view of a person or organisation
- Is
not necessarily true
- Is
something which could be questioned or disproved
- Is
something which might be exaggerated for effect
Can
you identify the following as Fact or Opinion?
Fact
or Opinion Exercise
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