CO4-Pretest

1. These are declarative sentences that give one’s belief about something else as if it is true though it may not be.

•          Evaluative statements 

• Fact

          

•   Assertions                   

• Preference

          It refers to a statement that can be proven objectively by direct experience, testimonies of witnesses, verified observations, or the results of research.

• Evaluative statements

• Fact

•             Preference

• Assertions      

         It is a statement that states one’s sound judgement about something through writing which is supported by reasons and evidences.

• Evaluative statements

• Convention

•             Preference

• Opinion

These may sound factual due to their being derived from customs, but because they are socially accepted ways of doing things, they cannot be verified objectively by measurements.

• Evaluative statements

• Convention

•             Preference

• Opinion

I prefer to go to the Maldives than to St. Gallen.-This is what type of assertion.

• Evaluative statements

• Convention

•             Preference

• Opinion