Question

Which of the following items is an example of a fact

A- a politician says, we are approaching a cross roads in our national life.

B- A scientist rights, we must stop using nuclear energy for power generation

C- A newspaper reports, today the federal reserve lower the prime rate one point.

D- A columnist rights, if you consider the five reasons I’ve outlined, you must conclude that for voting for the school bond proposal it’s the right thing to do.

Answer 1

Step-by-step explanation:

Comment

3 of the four choices are opinions.

A) not a fact. The politician offers us no reason to believe that we are at the crossroads in our national life.

B) not really a fact, but it is a well grounded opinion. The scientist believes for whatever reason that nuclear power is dangerous and should not be used.

D) He's offered 5 reasons for believing what he was written. The evidence may include some startling new information, but he is still just backing up an opinion. Otherwise he would not ask you to be convinced by his reasons.

C) There's your fact. Only now they would be trying to raise the prime rate 1 point. Lowering the rate is what the Federal Reserve actually did. It's a fact.