Fact Vs. Opinion

"Simone Biles. She with the rhinestone goat emblazoned on her leotard. She with skills so mad that they don't even score them properly, allegedly out of fear that others will try to do what she does and get hurt, and, according to Biles, to keep the field from being too far apart, to keep her from too dominant, ensuring that when she competes, it is usually against herself, not anyone else."

("Simone Biles reminds all of us that she's human," CNN)

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"After New York's rollout of an app that allows residents to prove their vaccination status, Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker revealed Friday the state won't create a program for residents to prove they have received the COVID-19 vaccine."

("Illinois Won't Require COVID-19 ‘Vaccine Passports,' Pritzker Says," NBC Chicago)

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"They stole our minerals and corrupted our governments so that their corporations could continue stealing our resources they fouled the air above us and the waters around us, making our farms barren, our oceans lifeless..."

(This Land is Our Land, Suketu Mehta, 4)

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"Today 'new racism' practices have emerged that are more sophisticated and subtle than those typical of the Jim Crow era. Yet, as I will argue, these practices are as effective as the old ones in maintaining the racial status quo."

(The New Racism, Bonilla-Silva, 25)

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Hybrid cars are an effective strategy to fight pollution. Hybrid cars combine a gasoline engine with a battery-powered electric motor. The combination of these technologies produces less pollution.

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Should you use facts or opinions in argumentative writing? Briefly, explain why!