Chapter 9: Fact and Opinion
Lab Activity 44: Fact and Opinion in a Newspaper Article
 
Objective:
To identify fact, informed opinion, and expert opinion in a newspaper article.

arrow.gifStep 2: Refer to the article appearing in Activity 44 of the Lab Manual to answer the following questions.


      6. Identify the qualifier in the following sentence:

"Khachaturian said the effect seems to be that brain-challenging activities 'build up a reserve' of neuron connections." 

 
 
 
 
      7. Identify the biased word in the following sentence:

"The study is also more bad news for the couch potato, said Dr. Robert P. Friedland, first author of the research appearing today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences." 

 
 
 
 
      8. Identify the biased word in the following sentence:

"Dr. Zaven Khachaturian, senior medical adviser to the Alzheimer's Association, said the study is important because it supports other research showing that the onset of Alzheimer's is delayed by education and by intellectually demanding professions." 

 
 
 
 
      9. "Because of this reserve, said Khachaturian, it takes longer for the Alzheimer's process to destroy enough neurons for there to be identifiable symptoms."

This sentence states  

 
 
 
      10. "All the participants were in their 70s when the survey was conducted."

This sentence states  

 
 
 





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