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Archeologist identified the stone in the skull as a tool created by the Calf Creek people.

The reader can determine that the above statement from paragraph 1 is a fact because...

• the passage is nonfiction

• the passage provides additional details about artifacts from the Calf Creek people

• proof of the statement could be found on a reliable website or book

• Calf Creek people really existed

Calf Creek is the name of a group of prehistoric people who lived there between 7,500 to 4,000 years ago.

How can a reader determine that the sentence above is a fact?

• Interview a Calf Creek Indian

• Read a book about the prehistoric people known as Calf Creek

• Watch a movie about prehistoric people in America.

• Read a novel about prehistoric people.

Although the Calf Creek people lived in various places on the Great Plains., evidence shows they lived mainly in Oklahoma.

Which word in paragraph 2 provides a clue to the reader that the statement is probably a fact?

• evidence

• although

• Calf Creek

• Great Plains

Which of the following statements from paragraph 3 expresses an opinion?

• Additional artifacts have been found.

• These are the best sites to visit.

• Evidence shows they lived mainly in Oklahoma.

• Relics left behind give archeologists information.

Which of the following statements from a paragraph 4 expresses an opinion?

• Calf Creek people used a distinctive point style.

• Rounded barbs made for more attractive spears.

• It is displayed as the Holt Bison Skull.

• The points were heat treated.

Which of the following words alert the reader to a likely opinion?

• experts

• greater

• everyone

• basically

Which of the following facts from paragraph 5 could most likely be confirmed with an experiment?

• Spear-throwers are ancient weapons.

• They are one of mankind's first mechanical inventions.

• They are ancient weapons that were used before bows and arrows.

• The flipping motion of the spear-thrower as it is thrown gives greater strength to the user.

Which of the following words from paragraph 6 expresses an opinion?

• others reveal important parts of cultures

• only a few show evidence

• all Oklahomans should visit

• archeological finds provide fascinating stories

Which of the following statements from the passage could most easily be confirmed as a fact?

• They existed on animals that they hunted

• Experts who examined the skill questioned how a Stone Age hunter could throw a spear point with such force.

• The Indian raised his arm so that the dart was close to eye level and aimed directly toward his prey.

• The bison skull with the spearhead intact can be viewed at the Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History.

Select the true statement about facts and opinions.

• Nonfiction passages contain only facts.

• Opinions give credibility to a passage.

• Facts can be verified.

• Opinions never change.