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9. FACT: The Motion Picture Association R (Restricted) rating requires anyone under 17 to be accompanied by a parent or adult guardian. OPINION: 10. FACT: Use of performance-enhancing drugs is strictly prohibited in both amateur and professional sports. OPINION: Answers There are, of course, many opinions you could form from these subjects. Here are some possible answers. 6. Our government should make healthcare a higher priority. Companies should give employees several health- care programs from which to choose. People should stop complaining about health- care costs. 7. Presidents should be allowed to serve for three terms. Limiting service to two terms will make U.S. pres- idents more effective. Term limits are a very bad idea. 8. American soldiers should not have been sent to Vietnam. Our government did all the right things concern- ing the Vietnam War. 9. The Motion Picture Association should not be able to rate films. The Motion Picture Association ratings should be taken seriously by all parents. Movie ratings are useless. 10. Performance-enhancing drugs should be legal. Competitive sports would be more interesting to watch if performance-enhancing drugs were legal. Performance-enhancing drugs are the worst thing that ever happened to competitive sports.  Summary The ability to differentiate between fact and opinion is a very important skill. Like a detective, you need to know the difference between what people think and what people know, between what people believe to be true and what has been proven to be true. Then you will be able to see whether writers support their opinions, and if they do, how they do it. This will allow you to judge for yourself the validity of those opinions. – THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN FACT AND OPINION– 43 ■ Listen carefully to what people say today and try to determine whether they are stating a fact or express- ing an opinion. When they offer opinions, do they support them? ■ As you come across facts and opinions today, practice turning them into their opposites; make facts out of opinions and opinions out of facts. Skill Building until Next Time [...]... are many benefits to reading more often First and foremost, reading more will broaden your understanding of yourself and of other people It will also introduce you to new information and ideas Furthermore, it will improve your overall reading comprehension so you’ll begin to understand more of what you read In addition, reading more will improve your vocabulary and increase your reading speed Main Idea... in this space Example: Least to Most Important There are many benefits to reading more often First, it will increase your reading speed, so that you can read more in less time Second, it will improve your vocabulary Third, it will improve your overall reading comprehension, and you’ll understand more of what you read In addition, reading more will introduce you to new information and ideas Most importantly,... Dinner 59 L E S S O N 7 Order of Importance LESSON SUMMARY Continuing your study of the structure of reading material, this lesson shows you how writers use order of importance—from least to most important or from most to least important Understanding this commonly used structure improves your reading comprehension by helping you see what’s most important in a piece of writing I t’s a scientifically proven... what is most important Why? Why not the other way around? 2 3 63 – ORDER OF IMPORTANCE – Five Reasons to Read More Often ■ It will improve your vocabulary ■ It will improve your reading comprehension ■ It will increase your reading speed ■ It will broaden your understanding of yourself and others ■ It will introduce you to new information and ideas This author uses a least-to-most-important organizational... people You can probably recognize by now that the first sentence in each paragraph, “There are many benefits to reading more often,” is the topic sentence that governs each paragraph This sentence is general enough to encompass each of the different reasons given, and it makes an assertion about reading that you should do it more often Review Summar y Transitions Notice how the transitional words and phrases... first example, about choosing a doctor, the writer was not trying to convince She was simply giving some advice There’s no need, then, for a buildup Indeed, in that kind of paragraph, readers might stop reading after the first tip if they don’t find it helpful That’s why the most important ideas come first—to make sure they’ll be read In other words, the writer’s purpose—his or her motive for writing—influences... hoping that by putting this item first, the reader will be sure to remember it After you read the passage, answer the questions that follow Each question is followed by its answer to guide you through your reading of the passage 3 What’s the third most important thing? Since the writer is going from most to least important, then according the passage, the third most important thing is to “look at the environment . fact and opinion. To be successful, a detective must do all these things at the same time. Similarly, reading really can’t be broken down into these separate tasks. Read- ing comprehension comes. simultaneously. This lesson gives you the oppor- tunity to combine these strategies and take your reading comprehension skills to the next level. LESSON Putting It All Together LESSON SUMMARY This lesson. opinions.  Practice In this lesson, you will sharpen your reading compre- hension skills by using all of these strategies at once. This will become more natural to you as your reading skills develop. Practice Passage