PAGKILATIS SA

BALITA
DIFFERENCE
News Article Opinion Article

▪ Fact and figures ▪ Offers perspective on facts and figures

▪ Objective ▪ Subjective
▪ Multiple sources ▪ Used to convey a particular idea or an
exchange of ideas
▪ Identified statements of opinion from
those sources
HOW TO SPOT?
News Article Opinion Article

▪ found in news section ▪ found in editorial section

▪ author does not use personal pronouns ▪ labeled with opinion or editorial heading
▪ mainly describes events supported by ▪ uses the pronouns “I”; watch for
numerical data beginnings such as “I think” or “I believe”
▪ no tone ▪ emotional tone
HOW TO READ AN OPINION
ARTICLE
R ‘Riter’s background ▪ RATKISS method by Scott Snair
A Analyze ▪ Proposed method to use when reading an
opinion article
T Tone
T Topic
KI Kontrolling Idea
S Synthesize
S Scrutinize ▪ Source:
Snair, Scott. “Are Your Students Critically
Reading an Opinion Piece? Have Them
RATTKISS It!” The English Journal, vol.
97, no. 3, 2008, pp. 52–55. JSTOR,
www.jstor.org/stable/30046831. Accessed 3
Aug. 2021.
R – (W)RITER’S BACKGROUND
▪ Who is the writer?
▪ What kind of pieces do they write?
A - ANALYZE
▪ Break down the article into parts
▪ Circle or take note of sentences that best state author's main ideas
▪ To filter what the author is really saying

▪ What are the sentences that show the main ideas presented by the author?
▪ What are the sentences that support the main idea?
T - TONE
▪ emotional underpinnings of the article

▪ What are the author’s feelings toward the topic?

▪ What is the author’s attitude towards the reader?
T - TOPIC
▪ Articles must have a clear main idea
▪ Main Idea = Topic + Controlling idea
▪ Topic is the subject of the article
▪ Controlling idea are the supporting details

▪ What is/are the topics discussed by the author?

KI – KONTROLLING IDEA
▪ Reveals author’s perspective or chief argument

▪ What are the main arguments made by the author to support the topic?
S – SYNTHESIZE
▪ To blend ideas again to create something new

▪ Is there a hidden meaning or underlying message the author is trying to say?

S - SCRUTINIZE
▪ Is the author qualified to write on the topic on which he or she has chosen to offer an opinion?
▪ What are the important points, and through what type of lens does the writer view these points
and the readership?
▪ Is the main idea easy enough to decipher? What lies between the lines?
▪ Are there any logical faults or an overuse of emotional literary weaponry?
▪ Is the argument well thought out and well structured?
▪ Should readers agree or disagree? Why or why not?
HOW DUTERTE MANAGED TO MAKE HIS LAST
SONA THE LEAST INTERESTING EVENT OF THE
DAY

By Sofia Virtudes
RATKISS
By kissing the occasional rat, perhaps students might be more inclined to keep the knee from
jerking and to analyze and ponder. Perhaps they might judge what they read for accuracy, fair-
ness, and significance. And perhaps they might, as all ardent critical thinkers do, screen out
false- hoods, faulty premises, raw anger, smugness, and narrow-mindedness. Perhaps they might
seek the truth over what is convenient to believe.
(Snair 2008)