Quarter 3 Lesson 1: Statement of Opinion or Assertion & Claims of Fact PDF

Statement of Opinion or Assertion and Claims of Fact, Policy and Value  Does not require proof. OPINION It is composed mainly of a "Most public schools are ready for distance education.“ debatable top...

Statement of Opinion or Assertion and Claims of Fact, Policy and Value  Does not require proof. OPINION It is composed mainly of a "Most public schools are ready for distance education.“ debatable topic and a focus. "Chocolate ice cream is the best flavor of ice cream sold." Signal phrases: I think or I believe "Ice cream sundaes should and have words like best, worst, always come with a cherry on beautiful, outstanding, usually, top." maybe, probably, often, some, most, in most cases, or should. "I think my outlook in life was changed by the pandemic." One's preference or emotions. Three categories of opinion statements Statement of Truth Statement of Value Statement of Policy It is an opinion that It is an opinion It claims that something something is or is not statement which claims should or should not be the case. that something does or done. does not have worth. For example: With the For example: Amidst the minimal number of For example: Hard ongoing pandemic, what Covid-19 cases in the lockdowns of barangays teachers and students need city, Baguio City clearly has not been effective in is not academic freeze but has more effective controlling the spread of material, moral and contact tracing methods the coronavirus. instructional support from than most cities in the the leaders in the education country. department.  A commonplace assertion is a statement COMMONPLACE that many people assume to be true, but ASSERTION which is not necessarily so. "Men are stronger than Statements of assertion do not start with women." a phrase I think or I believe. "An apple a day keeps the Statements of assertion are considered doctor away." as declarations, as if they were true even though they may not be. "Milk is good for your body." They are so common because they are "Taking vitamins everyday passed on by friends, family members, makes you healthy and and the media. strong."  Claims of fact, policy, and value  WHAT IS A CLAIM? A B C CLAIM OF FACT CLAIM OF VALUE CLAIM OF POLICY