Why practice fact vs opinion?

It strengthens critical reading and helps on questions that ask what the author claims versus what the author believes.

Are statistics always facts?

Reported numbers can be factual claims, but interpreting them as “proves we must…” becomes opinion.

Is this only for news articles?

No. Textbooks, reviews, and persuasive essays mix fact and opinion constantly.

comprehension game · 3–4 min

Fact vs opinion duel

Sort statements into facts and opinions. Sharpens critical reading for news, essays, and reviews.

Sort statements into facts and opinions. Sharpens critical reading for news, essays, and reviews.

Difficulty

You’ll get a short passage and play the game in your browser — with instant feedback where the format allows.

How to play fact vs opinion duel

Fact vs opinion duel builds critical reading under light game pressure. You sort statements into checkable facts and value-laden opinions — a core skill for news, reviews, and essays. Mixing fact and opinion is how weak arguments hide. Practicing the split makes you harder to mislead and more precise on comprehension questions about claims. Useful for media literacy, debate prep, and any reader who wants sharper evaluation skills.

Facts can be checked
Dates, counts, and reported events are typically factual when grounded in the passage.
Opinions evaluate
Best, should, remarkable, and similar judgment words usually signal opinion.
Stay tied to the passage
A true-sounding claim still counts as opinion here if it is evaluative rather than evidenced.

Tips for fact vs opinion duel

Habits that make this game transfer to real reading and official tests.

Rewrite the sentence
If you can turn it into a measurable check, it leans fact.
Watch loaded adjectives
Exciting, crucial, and obvious often smuggle opinion.
Try inference next
Once you sort claims cleanly, implied meanings get easier to judge.