Directions Each slide contains a statement Read the statement carefully then click on either the fact or opinion button at the bottom of the slide Once you select your response you will see a slide informing you whether or not your response is correct ID: 728815
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Fact vs. Opinion
An Interactive ExerciseSlide2
Directions:
Each slide contains a statement. Read the statement carefully, then click on either the fact or opinion button at the bottom of the slide.
Once you select your response, you will see a slide informing you whether or not your response is correct.
Use the back button to proceed to the next question and continue this same process for all questions.
Good Luck!Slide3
Question #1
Abraham Lincoln was the greatest president.
Fact
OpinionSlide4
Question #2
Marilyn Monroe was a movie actress.
Fact
OpinionSlide5
Question #3
Tiger Woods is the best golfer who ever played the game.
Opinion
FactSlide6
Question #4
Tiger Woods was the first African American to win the Masters Golf Tournament.
Fact
OpinionSlide7
Question #5
Dale Earnhardt died in a NASCAR race crash.
Fact
OpinionSlide8
Question #6
All Rap lyrics are offensive.
Fact
OpinionSlide9
Question #7
Charles Lindbergh was brave to attempt to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean.
Fact
OpinionSlide10
Question # 8
Michael Jordan won 6 NBA championships before his final retirement.Slide11
Question # 9
Eddie Van Halen, a rock n’ roll guitarist, played his most complex guitar leads on the album
5150.Slide12
Question # 10
Clint Eastwood, the greatest actor/director of the past fifty years, won an Oscar for directing the film
Million Dollar Baby.Slide13
Write one statement of fact and one statement of opinion about the following imagesSlide14Slide15Slide16Slide17Slide18Slide19
Response #1:
Incorrect
Although Abraham Lincoln was a president, whether or not he was the
greatest president is an
opinion
.Slide20
Response #1:
Correct!
Although Abraham Lincoln was a president, it is an
opinion
that he was the
greatest
one.Slide21
Response #2:
Correct!
Marilyn Monroe was in 29 movies. Since she acted in those movies, that is a
fact.Slide22
Response #2:
Incorrect!
Marilyn Monroe was in 29 movies. This is a fact, not an opinion.Slide23
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: IncorrectSlide24
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.Slide25
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.Slide26
Response #4: Incorrect!
Since no African American had ever won the Masters before Tiger Woods did, this is not an opinion, but a
fact.Slide27
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.Slide28
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.Slide29
Response #6: Incorrect!
Although Rap lyrics often contain questionable language, whether they are offensive or not is an
opinion
, not a fact.Slide30
Response #6: Correct!
Although Rap lyrics often contain “bad” or questionable language, whether this makes them offensive or not is an
opinion.Slide31
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.Slide32
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.Slide33
Nice work!
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