True or false: An opinion can be proven as fact.

• True

• False

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How do we know that a fact is true?

• Many people believe it.

• Someone important or smart said it.

• I believe it, so it is true.

• There is evidence (proof) that shows it’s true.

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What is the difference between a fact and an opinon?

• A fact can be proven (shown to be true). An opinion cannot.

• An opinion can be proven (shown to be true), a fact cannot.

• Facts are found in newspapers, opinions are not.

• Facts and opinions are not different.

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What words are clues that something might be an opinion?

• Think

• Feel

• Should / Should Not

• All of the above

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Choose the fact.

• Chocolate candy is the best desert.
• Everyone should eat peanut butter.
• George Washington was the first president of the United States

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Read the statements and identify the fact.

• Chocolate ice cream is the tastiest.

• All dogs enjoy swimming.

• Owning a pet invovles a lot of responsibility.

• Spring is the best season for taking walks.

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Chocolate ice cream tastes better than vanilla.

• FACT
• OPINION

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Thomas Jefferson's face can be found on a nickel.

• FACT
• OPINION

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Kittens are cute.

• FACT
• OPINION

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Cupcakes taste better when they look like puppies.

• Fact

• Opinion

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