Fact and Opinion (HL#7 - Michael Phelps)

Which of the following is a FACT?

Which of the following is a OPINION?

Michael Phelps has 23 gold medals and Mark Spitz has 9 so Phelps is a better athlete than Spitz.

Is the underlined portion of this sentence a FACT or an OPINION?

Michael Phelps has 23 gold medals and Mark Spitz has 9 so Phelps is a better athlete than Spitz.

Is the underlined portion of this sentence a FACT or an OPINION?

"...by the end of [swim practice] he had worked his way from last to first."

"Michael was a very raw talent."

Michael's coach had him use techniques similar to the "Visioning" strategy like having a dream goal, writing it down, and putting it somewhere you could see it every day.

Michael started visualizing in a way similar to the "Worst-Case Scenario" strategy - imagining what could go wrong and planning how to fix it.

Because Michael won the 200M Butterfly race using the "Worst-Case Scenario" strategy, it is clearly better than the "Visioning" strategy.

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Because Michael won the 200M Butterfly race using the "Worst-Case Scenario" strategy, it is clearly better than the "Visioning" strategy.

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