What is the correct order for incorporating textual evidence into your paragraph?

• 1) Lead in, 2) context, 3) quote, 4) citation

• 1) Quote, 2) Lead in, 3) context 4) citation

• 1) Context, 2) Lead in, 3) Quote, 4)Citation

• 1) Citation, 2) Lead in, 3) Context, 4) Quote

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CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

What is the purpose of context?

• To break down the quote and connect it back to the topic sentence

• To help the reader understand what is going on in the story surrounding the quotation

• To make a claim

• To cite where the information is coming from

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

What is a lead in? (This is also called a SIGNAL PHRASE)

• A small addition to the beginning of the quotation to help set it up and have it make grammatical sense

• To state where the quote was found

• To show that the writer isn't paraphrasing

• To connect the quote to the topic sentence

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

What is an in-text citation?

• A way to state where the quote was found

• The same exact thing as a lead-in

• A way to give the reader context

• Huh? no clue.

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Which sentence number contains the topic sentence with the main idea/claim?

(1) In Of Mice and Men, the George is one example of how the characters are lonely and isolated. (2) In the middle of the story, most of the farmhands vacate the bunkhouse when Curley is trying to find Slim. (3) George and Lennie are the only characters remaining, and George sits at a table and takes out a deck of cards. (4) The author writes, “Almost automatically George shuffled the cards and laid out his solitaire hand. He used a deliberate, thoughtful slowness” (Steinbeck 93). (5) George is playing solitaire, a card game that is played alone. This shows that George is lonely and isolated because his friend Lennie is not intelligent enough to join George in a card game.

• Sentence 1

• Sentence 2

• Sentence 3

• Sentence 4

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Which sentence(s) contain the context?

(1) In Of Mice and Men, the George is one example of how the characters are lonely and isolated. (2) In the middle of the story, most of the farmhands vacate the bunkhouse when Curley is trying to find Slim. (3) George and Lennie are the only characters remaining, and George sits at a table and takes out a deck of cards. (4) The author writes, “Almost automatically George shuffled the cards and laid out his solitaire hand. He used a deliberate, thoughtful slowness” (Steinbeck 93). (5) George is playing solitaire, a card game that is played alone. This shows that George is lonely and isolated because his friend Lennie is not intelligent enough to join George in a card game.

• Sentence 1

• Sentences 1 AND 2

• Sentences 2 and 3

• Sentence 4

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CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

Which sentence contains the LEAD IN?

(1) In Of Mice and Men, the George is one example of how the characters are lonely and isolated. (2) In the middle of the story, most of the farmhands vacate the bunkhouse when Curley is trying to find Slim. (3) George and Lennie are the only characters remaining, and George sits at a table and takes out a deck of cards. (4) The author writes, “Almost automatically George shuffled the cards and laid out his solitaire hand. He used a deliberate, thoughtful slowness” (Steinbeck 93). (5) George is playing solitaire, a card game that is played alone. This shows that George is lonely and isolated because his friend Lennie is not intelligent enough to join George in a card game.

• Sentence 1

• Sentence 2

• Sentence 3

• Sentence 4

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CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

Identify the citation:

• The author writes,

• “Almost automatically George shuffled the cards and laid out his solitaire hand. He used a deliberate, thoughtful slowness”

• (Steinbeck 93).

• George is playing solitaire, a card game that is played alone.

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

A correct citation in a literary analysis includes...

• The author's last name and the page number

• The author's first name and the page number

• The author's full name

• The title of the book and the author's last name

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Identify the correct use of lead in and citation:

• “Almost automatically George shuffled the cards and laid out his solitaire hand. He used a deliberate, thoughtful slowness” (Steinbeck 93).

• The author writes, “Almost automatically George shuffled the cards and laid out his solitaire hand. He used a deliberate, thoughtful slowness” (Steinbeck 93).

• The author writes, “Almost automatically George shuffled the cards and laid out his solitaire hand. He used a deliberate, thoughtful slowness.” (Steinbeck 93)

• The author (Steinbeck 93) writes, “Almost automatically George shuffled the cards and laid out his solitaire hand. He used a deliberate, thoughtful slowness.”

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9