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Individually, write down three facts and three opinions. Mix them up
and do not label them. In groups of three, trade papers and mark each

statement as F (fact) or O (opinion). If there are any differences of

opinion, write the disputed statement on a sheet of paper and hand it

to the instructor for discussion by the entire class.

Exercise 10-3 Fact or Opinion?

In the blank to the left of each statement, mark each statement as fact

(F) or opinion (O).

1. The walls in the classroom are ugly.

2. The walls in the classroom are green.

3. The walls in the classroom are an ugly green.

4. The president of the United States is doing a good
job.

5. Killing another human being is never justifiable.

6. According to historians, Abraham Lincoln’s

Gettysburg Address was not really written on the back of an

envelope.
7. Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech

was delivered in Washington, D.C.

8. King’s “I Have a Dream” and Lincoln’s Gettysburg

Address are two of the greatest speeches ever delivered in the

United States.

9. It is fair to charge overweight passengers for two
airline tickets if they take up two seats.