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A.    Justified Opinions

Many parents want to be able to prepare their children with the best education. So they prefer quality education in the city area. According to the internet source (http:/dedunu.wordpress.com), children living in the city can get a good job education, because there are better schools in the town than in the village. When a person falls ill there are good government and private hospital in the city to get treatment. There are large shops complexion, banks, offices cinemas, hotels, clubs, hospitals, etc. around the city. So people can lead a comfortable and enjoyable life in the city.”
OPINION: Many parents want to be able to prepare their children with the best education.
FACT: According to the internet source (http:/dedunu.wordpress.com), children living in the city can get a good job education, because there are better schools in the town than in the village.
COMMENT: This paragraph is justified because there is coherence between opinion and fact. In addition, the fact can be proven.

Young kids are basically avid readers. They like reading, and in fact, much of their time reading. Many bookstores are crowded with young kids reading books. Public libraries and community libraries are now popular and are on the rise, meeting young people’s need for access to books. Recent studies in literacy development have revealed that children and adults take advantage of access to books they find enjoyable and interesting. They spend time reading to entertain themselves and not just to meet academic assignments.
OPINION: Young kids are basically avid readers.
FACT: Recent studies in literacy development have revealed that children and adult take advantage of access to books they find enjoyable and in interesting. They spend time reading to entertain themselves and not just to meet academic assignments.
COMMENT: It is a justified paragraph since the opinion and facts are coherence. Besides, the facts can be proven.

Parkinson’s patients who experience hallucination and more severe motor control problems are at risk for dementia. According to Dr. Jean Hubble of Ohio State University, dementia is a “cognitive impairment of sufficient magnitude to hinder daily activities or diminish the quality of the patient’s life.” Approximately 20% of people with Parkinson’s disease will develop dementia, usually after the age of 70. In general, there is a 10 to 15 years lag time between a Parkinson’s diagnosis and the onset of dementia, which typically occurs years after the motor skills begin to be affected.
OPINION: Parkinson’s patients who experience hallucination and more severe motor control problems are at risk for dementia.
FACT: Approximately 20% of people with Parkinson’s disease will develop dementia, usually after the age of 70.
COMMENT: The fact above supports the paragraph so it includes a justified paragraph.
                                

B.    Unjustified Opinions Without Fact

Fire suppression system has a proven record for controlling and extinguishing unwanted fires. Many fire officials recommend that every building, including residence, have fire sprinkler system. Correctly working sprinklers in a residence greatly reduce the risk of death from a fire. With the small rooms typical of a residence, one or two sprinklers can cover most rooms.
OPINION: Fire suppression system has a proven record for controlling and extinguishing unwanted fires.
COMMENT: It is unjustified paragraph without because it is only telling about the opinion which has complicated explanation.
 
Romantic person are often creative and spontaneous, dropping tokens of affection unexpectedly. To a true romantic, any day can be a holiday, and it’s a fair bet that a romantic could do something sweet for you at almost any moment. Romantic people are always slipping little goodies into places where you’ll find them later. Like the fabled shoemaker’s elves, they’ll sneak in, do something nice, and be gone. They enjoy the thrill of a well-planned romantic “hit and run.” At the same time, romantics have great senses of humor, because they know that laughter is happiness, a fully-alive feeling that only happens when the cares of the day are put aside.
OPINION: Romantic people are often creative and spontaneous, dropping tokens of affection unexpectedly.
COMMENT: This paragraph is unjustified because there is no fact in it to support the opinion.

A love letter is your chance to put your best foot forward. Maybe you want to show your softer, more vulnerable side, or perhaps you want to express your commitment with strength and intensity. Writing and sending a love letter is such a great opportunity to make this person see you in the best possible light. In a well crafted love letter, you can be charming, eloquent, and sensitive. You can show someone you care about a side of you they never even knew existed.
OPINION: A love letter is your change to put your best foot forward.
COMMENT: This paragraph is unjustified because there is no fact in it to support the opinion.

C.    Unjustified Opinions With Irrelevant Fact

Gestures are an important part in a child’s language development. Pointing, waving and other natural gestures seem to boost a budding vocabulary. Baby who use many gesture to communicate when they are 14 months old have much larger vocabularies when they start school than those who don’t. Many researchers in recent years give the evidence that children can learn language quickly and easily; and be the expert to have more vocabulary than adults whereas this impossible for adult learners. They can learn easily because their brains are more flexible.
OPINION: Gestures are an important part in a child’s language development.
FACT: Many researchers in recent years give the evidence that children can learn language quickly and easily; and be the expert to have more vocabulary than adults whereas this impossible for adult learners.
COMMENT: this paragraph is unjustified because the fact which support in it doesn’t have coherence with the previous opinion.

Omega-3 is “essential” fatty acids. These fatty acids form part of membrane around every cell in our bodies. The body needs them but can’t manufacture them, so we have to get them from fish. A recent study included even found that some fish are contaminated with PCBS and mercury. Pregnant woman, nursing mothers and young children should be especially cautious of the mercury in these fish.
OPINION: Omega-3 is “essential” fatty acid.
FACT: A recent study included even found that some fish are contaminated with PCBS and mercury.
COMMENT: This paragraph is unjustified because the fact which support in it doesn’t have coherence with the previous opinion.

The contagious power of yawning is largely unconscious. We can see someone yawn, yearn to replicate the action ourselves, and do it, all without thinking about it. It might affect the brain. We analyze and mimic other people’s reaction. Researchers recently found that it appears to strongly activate at least one brain area, called the superior temporal sulcus. This activation was unrelated to any desire to yawn in response.
OPINION: The contagious power of yawning is largely unconscious.
FACT: Researchers recently found that it appears to strongly activate at least one brain area, called the superior temporal sulcus. This activation was unrelated to any desire to yawn in response.

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