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ACTIVITY 3: WHICH IS WHICH?
Directions: Identify the following terms below as factual claim, opinion, or
commonplace assertion. Write your answers on your answer sheet.
1. The best thing to do if you encounter a wild animal in the woods is to stand absolutely still.
2. Milk is good for your body.
3. Gossip, magazines, fashion, blogs.
4. Research, data, expert opinions, and textbooks.
5. All men are created equal.
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Explanation:
1. commonplace assertion
2. commonplace assertion
3. opinion
4.factual claim
5. commonplace assertion
commonplace assertion -statement that many people assume is true but is not necessarily so. When you come across such an assertion, ask yourself if it really is true for most people.
opinion- beliefs or judgement
factual claim - can be proved right or wrong.