Citing textual evidence

Citing textual evidence

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​Steps to Cite Textual Evidence in Writing

1. State claim.

2. Explain claim.

3. Research relevant and credible sources.

4. Use textual evidence from sources by quoting or paraphrasing.

5. Use in-text citations and document sources.

6. Explain connect or support your claim and evidence with logical reasoning.

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Multiple Choice

What are the steps to citing evidence?

• State your idea, explain your reasons, and summarize

• Explain your reasons and cite evidence

• State your idea, cite evidence, and explain 

• Cite evidence and explain the evidence

Multiple Choice

As long as your evidence (quote or paraphrase) explains your point clearly, you do not need to elaborate on it. 

• True

• False

​How do you cite text evidence properly?

​Step 1: Identify the correct text evidence from what you've read

• Then, use this format: "text evidence goes here"(Source of the info goes here).

• ​Correctly CITE the answer with (author, paragraph or page number).

• ​For example: "text evidence" (Stine 22).

• If author is known, Always use author's last name and page number...(Goldstein 25)

• ​If it is a reading passage or excerpt use the paragraph number...(Para 1)

​How do you cite text evidence properly?

​Step 2. Write a final thought to CONNECT or further explain your answer using logical reasoning.

Multiple Choice

Which is the correct citation format?

• [text evidence] --source of info--

• "text evidence"(source).

• (text evidence) "source"!

• <<Text evidence>>(source).

Do's​

​When we are citing text evidence...you need to use a DIRECT quote in those quotation marks " "...it needs to be the exact words the author used, or you're misquoting them...and that's bad!!

(If it helps, maybe try to copy and paste the exact words that you want to use as evidence)

​Direct Quotes

​When we cite evidence directly from a text,

We place it inside quotation marks " " and copy it word for word.

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Because we didn't write it, we give the author credit by adding their name to the end in parenthesis ( ) and we make a note about which page number the quote can be found on.

Multiple Choice

Which direct quote is correct?

We went down the stairs in silence, no sounds but the shards of glass crunching beneath our feet and the impatient honks of horns coming from the traffic-packed street below the expressway.

~ From The Schwa was Here by Neal Shusterman, page 189.

• "We went down the stairs in silence. Shusterman 189"

• "We went down the stairs in silence." (Shusterman 189)

• We went down the stairs in silence (Shusterman)

Multiple Choice

Which direct quote is correct?

Actually, she was kind of pretty. Not perfect, of course, but then I wasn't one to judge. There was something strange about her eyes.

~ From The Schwa was Here by Neal Shusterman, page 83.

• There was something strange about her eyes. 83

• "There was something strange about her eyes." (Shusterman 83)

• She was blind (Shusterman 83)

Open Ended

Use the RACE strategy to answer in a complete sentence. It was a beautiful summer morning as Mr. Robinson woke up, put on his highly-fashionable outfit, and walked out the front door. Then, disaster struck!

Buzzing and plotting outside of his front door was none other than his worst enemy...a wasp.

"No." Mr. Robinson whimpered. His bottom lip shook up in down in sheer terror. Then, that fear turned to anger. His face turned red and his eyes flashed with violence. "Not...today..." He said, before going back to his bedroom and preparing his materials.

Mr. Robinson put on three winter coats as protection from the wasp's deadly stings. He put on sunglasses to protect his eyes. He put on blue shoes because...well, there wasn't really a practical reason to wear the blue shoes they just kind of looked nice.

He was ready to fight the wasp to THE DEATH! As he went back outside, though, he noticed...his enemy had already flown away...

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~What text evidence tells you it was warm outside?~~~

​Answer

​"It was a beautiful summer morning" is the evidence that tells me that it was warm outside

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Open Ended

It was a beautiful summer morning as Mr. Robinson woke up, put on his highly-fashionable outfit, and walked out the front door. Then, disaster struck!

Buzzing and plotting outside of his front door was none other than his worst enemy...a wasp.

"No." Mr. Robinson whimpered. His bottom lip shook up in down in sheer terror. Then, that fear turned to anger. His face turned red and his eyes flashed with violence. "Not...today..." He said, before going back to his bedroom and preparing his materials.

Mr. Robinson put on three winter coats as protection from the wasp's deadly stings. He put on sunglasses to protect his eyes. He put on blue shoes because...well, there wasn't really a practical reason to wear the blue shoes they just kind of looked nice.

He was ready to fight the wasp to THE DEATH! As he went back outside, though, he noticed...his enemy had already flown away...

~~~What text evidence tells you Mr. Robinson was prepared to fight?~~~

​Answer

​The evidence that tells me Mr. Robinson was ready to fight is when he stated "Not...today..." He said, before going back to his bedroom and preparing his materials.

​Paraphrasing Evidence

​If we don't want to use a direct quote, we can paraphrase, or summarize the evidence.

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When you paraphrase, you write a summary. Because you are summarizing someone else's work, you add their name to the end in parenthesis ( ).

Multiple Choice

Which paraphrase is correctly cited?

• Old man Crawly's granddaughter was blind (Shusterman 84).

• "Old Man Crawley's granddaughter was blind"

Multiple Choice

Which paraphrase is correctly cited?

• The Schwa bought a billboard in an abandoned part of town.

• The Schwa spent all his college money on a billboard. (Shusterman 187)