FACT AND OPINION

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FACT AND OPINION
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FACT

• A fact is a statement that can be proven.
• Statistics, incidents, and descriptive
  observations are all facts.

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OPINION

• An opinion is a statement that cannot be proven.
  
• attitudes and beliefs are opinions.

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Explicit

• Clearly stated in the text, leaving no doubt as
  to meaning

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Text

• In the context of classroom instruction, any
  printed material you are expected to read and
  understand

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Read

• To get meaning from the text

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Decide

• Make up your mind about something

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Explain

• Make something clear to someone

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summarize

• Write or explain the meaning of what you have
  read in your own words

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Summary

• A statement in your own words that tells the
  central idea and key supporting details of the
  text you have read.