Distinguishing fact from opinion and recognizing when they are well reasoned and well supported are important skills in critical thinking and in reading. Learn how to evaluate when the writer presents weak or strong opinions based on evidence.

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GUIDE
"Critical Reading" (THIS PLAYLIST):    • Critical Reading  

Critical thinking and reading (introduction):    • Critical thinking and reading  
Distinguishing fact from opinion:    • Distinguishing fact from opinion  
Analyzing the argument (1/3)...    • Analyzing the argument - Part 1 of 2  


RELATED VIDEOS
PLAYLISTS
About Literacy:    • About Literacy  
Vocabulary:    • Vocabulary in Reading: Dealing with it  
Interpreting what we read:    • Interpreting What You Read  

FURTHER READING

Advanced Reading Course: https://snaplanguage.io/esl/c-level/r...
This contains a complete course in advanced reading.

Fact, opinion, false claim, or untested claim? (web article): http://www.auburn.edu/academic/educat...

Differentiate between fact and opinion (web page): http://www.apelslice.com/books/978061...

How to detect media bias and propaganda (web document): https://www.criticalthinking.org/TGS_...


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"Hot" by Megan Mitchell


MUSIC

"And Then We Take Them Down Again" by Dokashiteru (feat. Susan Joseph)

"Sooner or Later" in Artificial Music by Aryll Fae


RELATED VIDEOS
PLAYLISTS
About Literacy:    • About Literacy  
Vocabulary:    • Vocabulary in Reading: Dealing with it  
Interpreting What We Read:    • Interpreting What You Read  
Critical Reading:    • Critical Reading  


FURTHER READING

Fact, opinion, false claim, or untested claim? (web article): http://www.auburn.edu/academic/educat...

Differentiate between fact and opinion (web page): http://www.apelslice.com/books/978061...

How to detect media bias and propaganda (web document): https://www.criticalthinking.org/TGS_...


THE NOUN PROJECT ICON
"Hot" by Megan Mitchell

PHOTO

"Globe West" (the Earth from space) by NASA: http://eoimages.gsfc.nasa.gov/images/...


MUSIC

"And Then We Take Them Down Again" by Dokashiteru (feat. Susan Joseph)

"Sooner or Later" in Artificial Music by Aryll Fae #reading #series