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Skills Focus • Distinguishing between fact and opinion Recognizing the author's purpose and point of view 1. Find an article in the newspaper that would be labeled news rather than opinion or editorial. Read it carefully and look up any unfamiliar 2. Label each sentence in the article as R (report), 7 (inference), or judgment). For each of the statements that you marked R, evaluate the accuracy of the factual 3. The purpose of a news article is generally to inform the reader. Do you find any examples of other purposes in this article? 4. Find an article in the newspaper that is clearly opinion or editorial. Read it carefully and look up any unfamiliar words. 5. Label each sentence R. I, or just as you did with the news article). For each inference or judgment, explain what facts are presented to justify the conclusion. For each inference, decide what the degree of risk is in accepting the writer's inference. For each judgment, explain what criteria, or standards, form the basis for the judgment. Are there reasons or evidence that the writer provides to support the criteria?
6. The purpose of an editorial may be to inform the reader of the writer's opinion, to persuade the audience to adopt the writer's opinion, or to arouse the audience's emotions. Which of these purposes fits the editorial you chose? What parts of the editorial helped you identify its purpose?