Unit 3 Factual Claim Analysis
Unit 3 Individual Project
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In this paper I will be writing how the internet can sometimes have false information. By picking one of the four web sites provided. I have chosen save the tree octopus mainly because the sound of it seems false. I will identify 3 factual claims and 3 fictitious claims and explain how I was able to differentiate between fact and fiction. Also I will explain what makes it believable and what makes it suspect. My first fictitious claim will be that rainforest normally gets no less than 1750-2000 mm (68-78 inches) of rain a year. My second will be that they say octopuses are amphibious. My third is they claim that Sasquatch is real. For my first factual claim will be that there are temperate rainforest in the Olympic Peninsula. The second factual claim is that all rain forests aren’t only found in the tropics. The third factual claim will be that female octopuses go without eating till there eggs hatch. …show more content…
A rainforest gets at least 80 inches (200 cm) a year according to (What makes a rain forest?, n.d). For my second fictitious clam I researched an octopus. National Geographic considered octopuses the most intelligent of all invertebrates. For my third fictitious claim the site claims that Sasquatch is real and that we have interacted with him. There is no evidence that we’ve in any way have communicated with a Sasquatch. For my first factual claim is that there are temperate rainforest in the Olympic Peninsula one forest called the Hoah rain forest (Hoah rain forest, n.d.). For my second factious claim is that all rainforest aren’t in the tropics (Hoah rain forest, n.d.). For my third factious claim is that according to Jennifer Horton female octopus usually don’t eat until there eggs hatch (Horton,
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In this paper I will be writing how the internet can sometimes have false information. By picking one of the four web sites provided. I have chosen save the tree octopus mainly because the sound of it seems false. I will identify 3 factual claims and 3 fictitious claims and explain how I was able to differentiate between fact and fiction. Also I will explain what makes it believable and what makes it suspect. My first fictitious claim will be that rainforest normally gets no less than 1750-2000 mm (68-78 inches) of rain a year. My second will be that they say octopuses are amphibious. My third is they claim that Sasquatch is real. For my first factual claim will be that there are temperate rainforest in the Olympic Peninsula. The second factual claim is that all rain forests aren’t only found in the tropics. The third factual claim will be that female octopuses go without eating till there eggs hatch. …show more content…
A rainforest gets at least 80 inches (200 cm) a year according to (What makes a rain forest?, n.d). For my second fictitious clam I researched an octopus. National Geographic considered octopuses the most intelligent of all invertebrates. For my third fictitious claim the site claims that Sasquatch is real and that we have interacted with him. There is no evidence that we’ve in any way have communicated with a Sasquatch. For my first factual claim is that there are temperate rainforest in the Olympic Peninsula one forest called the Hoah rain forest (Hoah rain forest, n.d.). For my second factious claim is that all rainforest aren’t in the tropics (Hoah rain forest, n.d.). For my third factious claim is that according to Jennifer Horton female octopus usually don’t eat until there eggs hatch (Horton,