Distinguishing

Facts and Opinions

 Distinguishing between
Facts and Opinions

•Being able to discern the differences between

fact and opinion will help your evaluation of the
reliability and usefulness of texts you encounter.
•Critical thinking is the best possible way of
determining which statements are fact and which
statements are opinion.
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 Distinguishing between Facts and Opinions

What is a

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 A fact is something

FACT which can be verified

with evidence.

For example:
Manila is the capital of the Philippines.

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 Distinguishing between Facts and Opinions

What is an

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 An opinion is based on
belief and viewpoint.
Opinions are often
personal interpretations
OPINION and cannot be verified
with evidence.
For example:
Summer are nicer than winter.

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 Opinions are often (though not always)

preceded with terms such

OPINION as 'I think', or with
adjectives, comparatives
and superlatives, such as,
'good', 'better', 'the best'.

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 ▪Quite often, writers use opinions and fact
interchangeably.
▪Critical thinking skills can help us, the
reader, distinguish facts from opinions
quickly and easily.

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 1. The higher elevations you are, the lesser the air you will breath.
2. The Philippines is the world’s largest exporter of coconuts and
tropical fruits, such as papaya and mangosteen.
3. Acid rain is a result of air pollution mostly from factories and motor
vehicles.
4. Air temperature decreases when altitude increases.
5. Human activities may speed up the rising of the global temperature.
6. The capital of Ukraine is Kiev.
7. Of the eight known species of giant clams in the world, seven are
found in the Philippines.
8. Pop singer Bruno Mars is half Filipino and half Puerto Rican.
9. Basketball is the most popular sport in the Philippines.
10.Of the top 10 largest shopping malls in the world, three are found in
the Philippines: SM Megamall, SM North Edsa, and SM Mall of Asia.
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 1. Golf is boring.
2. Pizza is delicious.
3. Math is the hardest subject.
4. Super Mario is one of the greatest video game characters
of all time.
5. Chocolate milk tastes better than regular milk.
6. Drinking orange juice right after brushing your teeth tastes
bad.
7. Justin Bieber deserved to win the Grammy for best new
artist.
8. The legal age for drinking should be lowered to 16.
9. Today seems hotter than yesterday
10.I think that rock music is awful.
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 BASIS OF
FACT OPINION
COMPARISON

Fact refers to something

Opinion refers to a judgment
Meaning that can be verified or
or belief about something.
proved to be true.

Assumption or personal
Based on Observation or research.
view.

Verification Possible Not possible

Differs from person to

Change Universal
person

Debatable No Yes

A perception about
Represents Something really happened
something
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