Opinion Marking Signals

Opinion Marking Signals

Open Ended

When you encounter the word fact, what comes into your mind?

What is a Fact?

It is a statement that is true and can be verified objectively, or proven. It can be observed or measured through researches and studies.

Open Ended

What can you say about an opinion?

What is an Opinion?

It is a statement that is based on your own feeling, thinking, and judgement. Others may agree or disagree with an opinion but they cannot prove or disapprove it.

Fact or Opinion

• Now that you are already familiar and you have an idea what is a fact and what is an opinion, let us play a little game.

• Identify whether the following statements to be presented are either a fact or an opinion.

• Make sure you are able to explain your answers. I will be randomly calling a student to justify their answer after each item.

Let us begin ;)

Multiple Choice

War is always wrong.

• Fact

• Opinion

War is always wrong.

Although some people think war is always wrong; others think that some wars are justified. So there is no way to prove this statement.

Multiple Choice

Many innocent people are killed in a war.

• Fact

• Opinion

Many innocent people are killed in a war.

Once you engage in a war, you cannot simply pick out people who will die or not. There will always be casualties. It can be proved by looking at newspapers and statistics.

Multiple Choice

Wild animals should not be kept in zoos.

• Fact

• Opinion

Wild animals should not be kept in zoos.

Some people argue that wild animals should not be kept in zoos, but others say that it supports conservation. So it cannot be proved.

Multiple Choice

Duterte is the best president that this country deserves.

• Fact

• Opinion

Duterte is the best president that this country deserves.

Whenever you label something as "the best" it is mostly based upon your own judgement and standard, therefore, it is obviously an opinion.

Multiple Choice

We will eventually learn to live with COVID, and that is the only way this will be eradicated.

• Fact

• Opinion

We will eventually learn to live with COVID, and that is the only way this will be eradicated.

Each time that the world encounters a pandemic, people simply, eventually live with it upon the help of advancements in medicine or at time, our own bodies create ways to strengthen our immune systems to a point it will develop its own mechanism to fight the virus. This is proven by scientific studies and records from the past pandemics.

But until then... remember to stay at home!

Open Ended

Why do you think it is important to determine if a statement is either a fact or an opinion?

Why do you think it is important to determine if a statement is either a fact or an opinion?

• At this day and age that social media has become part of our daily lives, it is important to be able to be vigilant when it comes to the information that we encounter.

• It will help your evaluation of the reliability and usefulness of the texts you encounter.

How are we going to be able to determine which statement is an Opinion?

Through the use of opinion-marking signals.

Different types of Opinion-Marking Signals

• Expressing Personal Opinion

• Expressing General Opinion

• Agreeing to an Opinion

• Disagreeing to an Opinion

Multiple Choice

I think there should be a webinar for students regarding time management because it can give them strategies on how to manage their time effectively with their academic assignments.

• Expressing Personal Opinion

• Expressing General Opinion

• Agreeing to an Opinion

• Disagreeing to an Opinion

I think there should be a webinar for students regarding time management because it can give them strategies on how to manage their time effectively with their academic assignments.

Take note of the use of pronouns!

Multiple Choice

I think so too, it will help us to be critical readers and listeners.

• Expressing Personal Opinions

• Expressing General Opinion

• Agreeing to an Opinion

• Disagreeing to an Opinion

I think so too, it will help us to be critical readers and listeners.

Look for terms that are usually expressing agreement.

Multiple Choice

Many people say that she is an ineffective leader.

• Expressing Personal Opinion

• Expressing General Opinion

• Agreeing to an Opinion

• Disagreeing to an Opinion

Many people say that she is an ineffective leader.

The use of collective nouns.

Multiple Choice

You could say that, however, there are unprivileged students who do not have an access to internet especially those who reside in remote areas.

• Expressing Personal Opinion

• Expressing General Opinion

• Agreeing to an Opinion

• Disagreeing to an Opinion

You could say that, however, there are unprivileged students who do not have an access to internet especially those who reside in remote areas.

Usually uses conjunctions that show disagreement.