science is way up. (Para. 6, Reading Passage A, Unit 8 This sentence tells us about a current state of affairs certainly it is a statement of fact Opinions are statements of belief, judgment or feeling. They show what someone thinks or feels about a subject. Some words can serve as clues to statements of some kind of opinion. For example, probably, perhaps, usually, often, sometimes, and on occasion are used to limit a statement of fact and to indicate the possibility of other opinions. Other words, such as I believe, I think, in my opinion, I feel, and I suggest, say clearly that an opinion will follow. Look at the following examples 1. It has often been remarked that the saddest thing about youth is that it is wasted on the young Para. 1, Reading Passage A, Unit 8) 2. More importantly, perhaps, education teaches us to see the connections between things, as well as to see beyond our immediate needs.(Para. 14, Reading Passage A, Unit 8) 3. In the long run thats what education really ought to be about. I think it can be.(Para. 17, Reading Passage A, Unit 8) 4. Thats the way it should be. Oscar Wilde had it right when he said we ought to give our ability to our work but our genius to our lives. (Para. 18, Reading Passage A, Unit 8) But it is not always easy to tell opinion from fact. a writer often combines the two in such a way that we do not always notice where fact ends and opinion begins. When we have a mixture of fact and opinion in a single statement, we must decide whether the main point of the sentence is essentially fact or opinion. Sometimes an opinion is presented as if it were a fact If it is a fact that the meaning of life does not dawn until middle age, is it then not the duty of ducational institutions to prepare the way for the revelation?( Para 13, Reading Passage A, Unit 1. The Harris Poll -Louis Harris is a pollster and public opinion analyst, and has been director of the Time magazine- Harris poll since 1969. In 1956 he established his own firm in New York City. Harris'services were especially associated with election campaigns- initially and most notably with John F. Kennedy's campaign and later with the campaigns of hundreds of other candidates, including presidents, governors, U.S. senators and representatives, mayors, and other officials, both Democrats and Republicans. Harris firm helped candidates to determine what strategies, issues and aspects of personality might be most effective with voters. Harris also did much of his work outside politics 2.ScholasticCorporationhttp://www.scholastic.comisaglobalchildrenspublishingandmedia company. Scholastic creates quality educational and entertaining materials and products for use in school and at home, including children's books, textbooks, magazines, technology-based products, teacher materials, television programming, videos and toys 3. Nuclear family -also called elementary family. In sociology and anthropology, it refers to a group of persons united by ties of marriage, parenthood or adoption and consisting of a man,a woman,and their socially recognized children. In most developed industrial countries, it is the most basic and common form of social organization 4. Alfred North Whitehead(1861-1947), British mathematician, logician and philosopher, best nown for his work in mathematical logic and who. in collaboration with Bertrand Russel authored the landmark three-volume Principia Mathematica(1910, 1912, 1913) New wordsscience is way up. (Para. 6, Reading Passage A, Unit 8) This sentence tells us about a current state of affairs: certainly it is a statement of fact. Opinions are statements of belief, judgment or feeling. They show what someone thinks or feels about a subject. Some words can serve as clues to statements of some kind of opinion. For example, probably, perhaps, usually, often, sometimes, and on occasion are used to limit a statement of fact and to indicate the possibility of other opinions. Other words, such as I believe, I think, in my opinion, I feel, and I suggest, say clearly that an opinion will follow. Look at the following examples: 1. It has often been remarked that the saddest thing about youth is that it is wasted on the young. (Para. 1, Reading Passage A, Unit 8) 2. More importantly, perhaps, education teaches us to see the connections between things, as well as to see beyond our immediate needs. (Para. 14, Reading Passage A, Unit 8) 3. In the long run that’s what education really ought to be about. I think it can be. (Para. 17, Reading Passage A, Unit 8) 4. That’s the way it should be. Oscar Wilde had it right when he said we ought to give our ability to our work but our genius to our lives. (Para. 18, Reading Passage A, Unit 8) But it is not always easy to tell opinion from fact. A writer often combines the two in such a way that we do not always notice where fact ends and opinion begins. When we have a mixture of fact and opinion in a single statement, we must decide whether the main point of the sentence is essentially fact or opinion. Sometimes an opinion is presented as if it were a fact: If it is a fact that the meaning of life does not dawn until middle age, is it then not the duty of educational institutions to prepare the way for the revelation? (Para. 13, Reading Passage A, Unit 8) 1. The Harris Poll - Louis Harris is a pollster and public opinion analyst, and has been director of the Time Magazine-Harris Poll since 1969. In 1956 he established his own firm in New York City. Harris’ services were especially associated with election campaigns - initially and most notably with John F. Kennedy’s campaign and later with the campaigns of hundreds of other candidates, including presidents, governors, U.S. senators and representatives, mayors, and other officials, both Democrats and Republicans. Harris’ firm helped candidates to determine what strategies, issues and aspects of personality might be most effective with voters. Harris also did much of his work outside politics. 2. Scholastic Corporation http://www.scholastic.com is a global children’s publishing and media company. Scholastic creates quality educational and entertaining materials and products for use in school and at home, including children’s books, textbooks, magazines, technology-based products, teacher materials, television programming, videos and toys. 3. Nuclear family - also called elementary family. In sociology and anthropology, it refers to a group of persons united by ties of marriage, parenthood or adoption and consisting of a man, a woman, and their socially recognized children. In most developed industrial countries, it is the most basic and common form of social organization. 4. Alfred North Whitehead (1861 - 1947), British mathematician, logician and philosopher, best known for his work in mathematical logic and who, in collaboration with Bertrand Russel, authored the landmark three-volume Principia Mathematica (1910, 1912, 1913). New Words