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Fact and Opinion. IIF. Fact – a statement that can be proven or verified as being true Opinion – a statement based on feelings or beliefs Advertising – the use of media source (television, newspaper, magazine, radio, billboard) to promote something

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  1. Fact and Opinion IIF

  2. Fact – a statement that can be proven or verified as being true • Opinion – a statement based on feelings or beliefs • Advertising – the use of media source (television, newspaper, magazine, radio, billboard) to promote something • Purpose – to sell you something Fact and Opinion

  3. ~ Be cautious of what you hear and read. ~ Identifying the opinions of others helps you to analyze whether you agree or disagree. • TV Commentary – opinions given on a television program to explain an event or a situation • Editorial – an article that expresses the opinions of the writer • Could contain facts to support the writer’s opinions • Letter to the Editor – a letter from a reader that is sent to a newspaper to magazine editor to expresstheopinions of that reader Opinion Media Practice – Purple book pages 42 & 45

  4. Nonfiction – a type of writing that is about realevents or facts. • Does not include thing that are written by someone’s imagination. • Does include factualwriting, such as biographies, textbooks, and encyclopedias. • Is true-life • Some nonfiction uses opinions to persuade a reader • Political speeches • Essays • Literary nonfiction Nonfiction

  5. Political speech – a persuasive speech given to convince listeners to think or to act in a certain way • Purpose is to persuade • Often uses both facts and opinions to make a point • Essay – a type of writing on a given topic for a specific purpose • Narrative – tells a story. Uses facts and opinions. • Informative – mostly facts to explain or inform. • Persuasive – uses both facts and opinions. Facts are normally given to support the opinions of the writer. • Literary Nonfiction – a true-life story • Contains a mix of facts and opinions Nonfiction cont. Practice – Purple book pages 48 & 49

  6. Persuade – to cause someone to believe or to do something • Commercials and billboards – try to persuade you to buy something • Politicians – try to persuade you to vote for them • Magazine editorials – try to persuade you to agree with someone else’s opinion • Inference – the use of reasoning to draw a conclusion based on evidence Multiple Sources Practice – Purple book pages 53 & 54

  7. Which statement expresses a fact? • Which statement expresses an opinion? • Which of the following statements from the passage is an opinion? • Which statement is an accurate evaluation of the use of fact and opinion in the two excerpts? • Which statement below is an accurate evaluation of how facts and opinions are used in the two excerpts? Possible test questions

  8. Which statement accurately evaluates the use of fact and opinion in the excerpt and the paragraph? Which statement below is an accurate evaluation of how facts and opinions are used in the newspaper article and the billboard? Does this statement correctly explain the use of fact and opinion in these excerpts? Possible test questions

  9. Accurate evaluation Infer Verifiable information Terms to know

  10. Mississippi SATP English II Revised: Multiple Choice Student Review Guide for Vocabulary/Reading

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