The R.A.C.E Writing Strategy

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What is textual evidence?

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A word-for-word quote from the article/story followed by an in-text citation.

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What is the first step to writing a paragraph with textual evidence?

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Restate

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What does every quote need to have?

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Quotation marks

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What step do I need to complete before my explanation after answering a question?

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Cite textual evidence.

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What step comes after citing textual evidence?

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Explain how the textual evidence supports the answer.

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The practice of taking someone else's work and passing it off as your own.

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plagiarism

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How would you restate the question, "How does the author create a feeling of sympathy?"

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The author of this text creates a feeling of sympathy by...

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Appropriate sentence starter when citing evidence?

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The author states...

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The part of RACE where you add your own thoughts to add to the quotes you have chosen to include.

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Explain

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When do we use the RACE strategy?

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When the question requires a written response and asks you to use evidence or details from the text.