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Direction: Read each statement and then circle whether it is a Fact or Opinion. explain your answer.

1-Michael Jordan has a career average of 30.4 points per game.
2-George Washington was the first President of the United Stated under the Constitution.
3-Michael Jordan is the greatest basketball player of all time.
4-There seems to be too much standardized testing in public schools.
5-It is wrong for people under the age of 21 to drink alcohol.
6-Sister Carrie was written by Theodore Dreiser.
7-Lord of the Rings: Return of the king won eleven Oscars (Academy Awards).
8-The television show The Simpsons is just not as funny as it used to be.



Answer :

Vuk15
# 1 is a Fact, because it is based on the number of points recorded,not in what one people think. #2 is a Fact, because is is based on historical events and not the point of view of people. #3 is an opinion. given that it is not an event that happened but the point of view of somebody. #4 is an opinion, given that It is something that seems to someboy. #5 it is an opinion because it is a a value judgement, if it sayed it is ilegal it would be a fact because it would be based on a real event. #6. is a Fact, because it refers to something that happened.. #8. is an opinion because it just reflects the preference of a public or critic.

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