Citing Evidence

Citing Evidence:
Support your Ideas!

Week 10

What is citing evidence?

What It Means

Citing evidence means using proof from a text to support your ideas or answers.

It shows that you understand the text and it makes your argument stronger.

Poll

Why do you think citing evidence is important?

• To prove that you read the text.

• To support your opinion

• To make your writing more convincing

Briefly stating main points.

Summarizing

Exact words from the text, inside quotation marks.

Direct Quotes

Types of Evidence

Paraphrasing

Restating Ideas in your own words.

Example:

Text:

"The sky was dark and full of stars."


Direct Quote: "The sky was dark and full of stars."

Paraphrase: The night sky was filled with many stars.

Open Ended

Paraphrase this text:

The wild flowers bloomed close to the lake.

How to Cite Evidence

1. Find strong evidence from the text that supports the prompt.

2. Use quotation marks ( "example") for direct quotes.

3. Explain how the evidence supports your idea (this is called analysis)

Common Mistakes to Avoid

• Forgetting to put quotation marks around direct quotes.

• Not explaining how your evidence supports your claim.

• Using weak evidence or unrelated evidence.

She is brave because "she faced the dragon without fear." This shows that she is fearless.

Correct

She is brave because she faced the dragon without fear.

Incorrect:

Examples