Judge the relevance and worth of ideas, soundness of author’

Judge the relevance and worth of ideas,

the soundness of the author’s reasoning, and the effectiveness of the presentation

Pre-Test

True or false

Multiple Choice

_______1. When reading other’s arguments and texts there is no need to check the credibility

• true

• false

Multiple Choice

_______2. A text, fiction or non- fiction is generally supported by evidence found in multiple sources.

• true

• false

Multiple Choice

_______3. Scholarly articles are samples of a strong source where evidence in a text can be obtained.

• true

• false

Multiple Choice

_______4. It is not highly necessary to determine the credentials of the person or source responsible for the evidence in a certain piece of writing.

• true

• false

Multiple Choice

_______5. Evidence found in primary source such as literary works, historical documents,

photos and biographies are always valid regardless of the time when it was published.

• true

• false

Brief Introduction (Discussion)

You always encounter different authors who use set of pieces of evidence from multiple sources to support their text and come up with reliable information as well as to persuade readers. But how can you determine if the source in a text you are reading has good or valid evidence? In validating evidence, is there a need to check the credibility and reliability?

Brief Introduction (Discussion)

This lesson will help you judge the validity of the evidence of a text. After finding the evidence in the text, next is to identify whether these facts or data support the point and came from reliable and credible sources. If they do, then this evidence becomes valid. How

do you evaluate or judge the validity of the evidence? Davis Oldham in his article numerated different ways how to evaluate them and these are the following.

• 1. Is the evidence sufficient? Is there enough of it, or do you need more to feel convinced?

• 2. Is the evidence relevant? Is it really about the point the author wants to prove or did it go off on a tangent, providing facts that do not have anything to do with the point?

• 3. Is the evidence representative? This is the hardest one to understand, but also the most important. Representative evidence is evidence that accurately represents the whole topic, not just a selected piece.

What Makes Evidence Valid?

Evidence is said to be valid if it is strong and connects to the question and answer. Evidence found in primary source such as literary works, historical documents, photos, biographies, and quotations is an example of strong and valid evidence. When reading a passage and selecting specific evidence, ask yourself, ''How does this quotation, article, photo, or data support the question and answer or the text itself.

Read and analyze the text. Then, answer the given activity.

Robert Frost was one of America’s best-loved poets. Born in San Francisco in 1874, he moved to New England as a boy. After college, he settled down on a small New Hampshire farm with his wife Elinor. It was here that Robert Frost lives the life of a country farmer that he described so well in his poems. Raising a family and enjoying the serene country setting, the fields, the woods, and bubbling brooks, he took inspiration from his surroundings. Many of his best poems were written during this period. Robert Frost was also a teacher. He taught at Harvard University and Amherst College. He was also a Pulitzer Prize winner- winning it four times; in 1924 for “New Hampshire: A Poem with Notes and Grace Notes,” in 1931 for “Collected Poems,” in 1937 for a “Further Range, “and in 1943 for “A Witness Tree.” Even after Robert Frost had become famous, he continued to draw from

Choose E if the statement is evident in the text and NE if it is not evident.

Multiple Choice

________1. The text is sufficient and composed of several facts about the life of Robert Frost.

• E

• NE

Multiple Choice

________2. There are citations and quotations found in the text.

• E

• NE

Multiple Choice

________4. Group of evidences found in the text are factual and valid.

• E

• NE

Multiple Choice

________5. Opinionated statements are present in the text.

• E

• NE

Checking Your Understanding (Assessment)

Read the questions carefully and choose the correct answer. .

Multiple Choice

____1. This refers to the importance of the evidence in a text and its connection to the ideas.

• efficiency

• relevance

• representative

• sufficiency

Multiple Choice

____2. It is evidence that accurately represents the whole topic.

• facts

• representative

• validity

• None of the above

Multiple Choice

____3. Sufficiency of evidence tells whether ________

• facts are effective in the text

• evidence is enough to support the ideas

• sources are not evident in a piece of writing

• All of the above