Claims vs.

Opinion
What is Claim?
 A fact is a statement that can be verified. It can be
proven to be true or false through objective evidence.
A FACT:
 can be proven true or false through objective
evidence.
 relies on denotative language.
 frequently uses measurable or verifiable numbers,
statistics, dates and
 What is Claim?
 For a Speaker: A claim is the main
topic of an argument where the speaker
tries to assert his or her beliefs, ideas,
or actions.
 What is claim?
 For a Writer: A claim is the central
statement of a text that the writer tries
to prove in the text by providing
details, explanations, and other types
of evidence.
 EXAMPLES CHARACTERISTIC
S
1. Covid-19 is deadly. It is a single statement.

2. Flu and covid-19 It is being compared.

spread in similar ways.

3. Baguio City had It is in the past, present,

more than 100 cases of or future.
4. You will have COVID- It has a cause and
19 if you have low body effect.
resistance.
5. You should wear a It has action to be taken.
mask and face shield
6. People are sanitizing It is what’s happening.
daily for their safety.
7. Tawa-tawa is the It could be true or false
cure for covid-19.
 Other characteristics of a good claim:

 A claim should be argumentative and

debatable.
 The claim should be specific and focused.
 A claim should be interesting and
engaging.
 A claim should be logical.
EXAMPLE:
"Dogs make better pets than
cats" is a claim that can be
argued.
What is opinion?
 An opinion is a statement that
expresses a feeling, an attitude, a
value judgment, or a belief.
 It is a statement that is neither true
nor false. Or it may feel true for
some, but false for others.
 Opinion
 Are not supported by evidence
 Are supported by more opinion
 Only state support, not necessarily
the reason
 Behind the support
EXAMPLES:
 Ice cream is delicious.
Basketball is better than
football.
 ACTIVITY
Activity: FACT OR BLUFF
Direction: You are then going to identify
some statements as fact or fluff. the word
FACT if you think that the statement is
factual and BLUFF if the statement is
misleading.
 ACTIVITY
1. Eating junk food is good for the health.
2. Batanes is the smallest province in the
Philippines.
3. Mayon Volcano is considered the world's most
perfect cone-shaped of volcano.
4. Teeth are considered part of the Fourth skeletal
system and counted as bones.
5. SM City North Edsa in Quezon City ranks 9th
among the largest malls in the world.