Citing Textual Evidence

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What is textual evidence?

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A word for word quote from the article/story

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When answering a question using textual evidence, what does my support look like?

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It is proof from a text.

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Before I can include my textual evidence, what do I need to add?

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a phrase or sentence

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What is another way to think of textual evidence?

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A word-for-word quote from the article.

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What does every quote need to have?

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Quotation marks

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What do I include at the end of the quote/textual evidence?

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Citation

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What does the citation need to include?

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The author's last name and page number.

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Which paragraph is written correctly to respond to this question: Why do people feel cell phones should be turned off during dinner?

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People feel cell phones should be turned off during dinner to give people more freedom. In the text it states, "Franchesca had an even happier result when she put away her phone" (Smith 6). This shows that turning cell phones off during meal times made people feel happy and less tied to a device.

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Which of the following is NOT a way to introduce a quote?

• Verb + comma
• Sentence + Colon
• Using "that"
• Noun + Comma

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Noun + Comma

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Which piece of textual evidence is written correctly? "June wants to go to the park" (Lovett 2).

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Eric heard, "June wants to go to the park" (Lovett 2).