Citing Textual Evidence in a Text

Citing Textual Evidence

I can cite several pieces of textual evidence to support the analysis of a text explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.

Textual Evidence is another way of saying “evidence from the text.” This may be done by:

1.Direct Quotes

2.Paraphrasing

3.Summarizing

When we have ideas about what we read, we need to cite explicit textual evidence to support our ideas.

Explicit Textual Evidence

Explicit = direct

Textual = from the text

Evidence = support

Textual Evidence Example

  On the first page of Seventh Grade” I learn Victor is Latino or Mexican descent. Even though Gary Soto never actually explained Victor’s ethnicity, here are some pieces of textual evidence that would lead me to infer (guess) that about him:

We would call those two pieces of text “textual evidence” because they are EVIDENCE from the TEXT that PROVES my response.

◦“He already spoke Spanish and English…” (32).

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◦“There were rivers in France, and huge churches, and fair-skinned people everywhere, the way there were brown people all around Victor” (32).

Sentence Starters for incorporating textual evidence

• In the text/article/passage......

• The author states that

• According to the text/article/passage

• In addition the author writes

• On Page ___, paragraph __, it also states that

Using Textual Evidence Effectively

According to the short story, Victor hopes that Teresa is going to be in the same class this year because he likes her. I know this because on page 32 he says “Teresa is going to be my girl this year, he promised himself as he left the gym full of students in their new fall clothes. She was cute” This demonstrates Victor’s desire to get to know Teresa better.

Multiple Choice

Everywhere around us, there are millions of tiny living things called germs. They are so tiny that they can be seen only under the most powerful microscope. Some of these germs are no wider than twenty-five thousandths of an inch!Louis Pasteur, the great French scientist, was the first to prove that germs exist. The germs in the air can be counted. The number of germs around us, especially in crowded rooms, is tremendous. Certain scientists counted 42,000 germs in approximately one cubic meter of air in a picture gallery when it was empty. But when the gallery was crowded with people, they found nearly 5,000,000 germs in the same place. In the open air germs are less abundant. There are fewer germs in country air than in town air. We see at once how important it is, therefore, to live as much as possible in the open air, and for the rooms we live in to always be well ventilated by fresh air.

According to the passage, where will you find more germs?

• In crowded spaces

• In the country

• In hospitals

• In empty rooms

Multiple Choice

Everywhere around us, there are millions of tiny living things called germs. They are so tiny that they can be seen only under the most powerful microscope. Some of these germs are no wider than twenty-five thousandths of an inch!Louis Pasteur, the great French scientist, was the first to prove that germs exist. The germs in the air can be counted. The number of germs around us, especially in crowded rooms, is tremendous. Certain scientists counted 42,000 germs in approximately one cubic meter of air in a picture gallery when it was empty. But when the gallery was crowded with people, they found nearly 5,000,000 germs in the same place. In the open air germs are less abundant. There are fewer germs in country air than in town air. We see at once how important it is, therefore, to live as much as possible in the open air, and for the rooms we live in to always be well ventilated by fresh air.

Which of the following statements can be concluded after reading the passage?

• Louis Pasteur liked counting germs.

• Germs are too small to be seen.

• People have germs.

• Fresh air has fewer germs.