WorksheetsTone, Bias, Fact/Opinion
Total questions: 47
Worksheet time: 24mins
Herbert Hoover was the worst president in history.
What is the extreme language in this sentence?
worst
Hoover
president
history
Eating grapefruit is the best way to lose weight.
What is the extreme language in this sentence?
is
best
weight
lose
Study shows 5th graders never do their homework.
What is the extreme language in this sentence?
shows
do
never
homework
"Reading for pleasure is a waste of time."
Describe this sentence.
Fact
Opinion
"People who spend hours reading don't get to experience the real world."
Describe this sentence.
Fact
Opinion
"Readers don't usually learn anything that is useful about how to deal with everyday life."
Describe this sentence.
Fact
Opinion
"Teacher always make us read things that are boring."
Describe this sentence.
Fact
Opinion
The tone of all of the sentences in questions #4-7 is:
Negative
Positive
"Teacher always make us read things that are boring."
Describe this sentence.
Fact
Opinion
The writer of sentences #4-7 is probably:
A teacher
A student who likes reading
A student who does not like to read
A principal
"Teacher always make us read things that are boring."
Describe this sentence.
Fact
Opinion
The tone of all of the sentences in questions #4-7 is:
Negative
Positive
The writer of sentences #4-7 is probably:
A teacher
A student who likes reading
A student who does not like to read
A principal
The sentences about reading are:
neutral (not biased)
kind of biased
very biased
"Eating tomatoes is one of the best things you can do."
This sentence is a:
Fact
Opinion
Tomatoes contain vitamin C.
This sentence is a:
Fact
Opinion
Tomatoes contain vitamin C.
This sentence is a:
Fact
Opinion
Research studies show that eating tomatoes lower the risk of cancer because they contain lycopene.
This sentence is a:
Fact
Opinion
If Tomato Farmers of America wrote these sentences, their purpose is mostly like to:
entertain
inform
sell
Which author is more personally biased toward tomatoes?
Tomato Farmers of America
a doctor
Bias means .... (Except)
when an author takes one side of a controversial issue
when an author does not want to consider what other people have to say about it
when an author consider both sides, good and bad things of something
when an author only takes one part of a certain viewpoint
One of the example of harmless bias is ....
bias in an ad
bias in political campaign
bias used for insulting racial group
bias used in criticizing religious group
Text 1 (for question no. 3-6)
Read the ad below, then answer the questions by choosing the best option.
From Nature with love and technology
Fresh and tasty
Safe and healthy
Straight from a self-flowing springs
Processed and bottled with
Modern hygienic high technology equipments
The most unique product
AQUA – natural mountain spring water
Pioneer of the bottled water industry in Indonesia
First awarded the Indonesian Industry Standard – SII No.
2040-90
What is the tone of the writer?
Emotional
Sentimental
Praising
Serious
What does the writer hope to accomplish?
Persuade the readers
Describe the features
Explain the process
Attract the audience
What is the object of the writer’s bias?
AQUA bottled water
All bottled water
Bottled water industry
Bottled water standard
How to identify bias?
(a)
Setting
the TIME and PLACE in which a story happens
the LIFE LESSON of the story
the set of circumstances or facts that surround a particular character, event, setting, situation, etc.
to tell a story
Tone
How the author feels; an attitude of a writer toward a subject
How the reader feels; the reactions and emotions that a work of literature produces in a reader through words and descriptions
Mood
How the author feels; an attitude of a writer toward a subject
How the reader feels; the reactions and emotions that a work of literature produces in a reader through words and descriptions
This is something that actually exists or happened and is verifiable.
Fact
Opinion
Bias
Bias means _____________ one view over another view.
supplementing
favoring
opinioning
hosting
An unbiased person considers all sides of an issue.
True
False
This cannot be proven with complete certainty.
Fact
Opinion
Bias
Which statement is more biased?
KPop is way better than hip hop.
KPop originated in South Korea.
Bias can lead to prejudiced behavior.
True
False
This is an individual interpretation or feeling about information.
Fact
Opinion
Bias
Study shows 5th graders never do their homework.
What is the extreme language in this sentence?
shows
do
never
homework
Which statement is most clearly biased?
People all over the world play soccer.
Soccer is an easy sport to learn.
Soccer does not take much equipment.
People can get very excited about their local soccer team.
If you read a biased source, you might not get all of the information.
True
False
"Eating tomatoes is one of the best things you can do."
This sentence is:
a fact
an opinion
Tomatoes contain vitamin C.
This sentence is:
a fact
an opinion
Research studies show that eating tomatoes lower the risk of cancer because they contain lycopene.
This sentence is:
a fact
an opinion
If Tomato Farmers of America wrote these sentences, their purpose is mostly like to:
entertain
inform
sell
If a doctor wrote these sentences about tomatoes, he or she is most likely trying to:
entertain
inform
sell
Which author is more personally biased toward tomatoes?
Tomato Farmers of America
a doctor
A website that ends with .gov is more likely to be ___________.
biased
unbiased
