More Text Evidence Practice

What is textual evidence?

• You claim.
• Proof from the text to support your answer.
• What the author thinks about a topic.
• An explanation in your own words about your claim.

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CCSS.RI.5.8

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RL.6.1

Using someone else's work without a citation is called

• plagiarism

• periodical

• research

• cite

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CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

Which of the following quotes is correctly cited?

• "I baked her a dozen macaroons," (Acevedo 263)

• "I baked her a dozen macaroons," (Acevedo 263).

• "I baked her a dozen macaroons." (Acevedo 263).

• "I baked her a dozen macaroons" (Acevedo 263).

Which of the following quotes is correctly cited?

• According to the author, "42 percent of voters supported the candidate" (Woodworth 1).

• According to the author, "42 percent of voters supported the candidate" (1).

• According to the author, "42 percent of voters supported the candidate" (Karen Woodworth 1).

• According to the Woodworth, "42 percent of voters supported the candidate" (Woodworth 1).

Which of the following quotes is correctly cited?

• "Many of the students who plagiarize do so out of ignorance rather than deliberately" (Smith 10).

• Many of the students who plagiarize do so out of ignorance rather than deliberately. (Smith 10)

• "Many of the students who plagiarize do so out of ignorance rather than deliberately." (Smith p.10)

• (Smith 10) "Many of the students who plagiarize do so out of ignorance rather than deliberately"

How would you shorten this quote by taking words out at the end?

"When she got to her door, she dragged the boy inside, down a hall, and into a large kitchenette-furnished room at the rear of the house" (Hughes 2).

• "When she got to her door, she dragged the boy inside " (Hughes 2).

• "When she got to her door, she dragged the boy inside some place" (Huges 2).

• "When she got to her door, she dragged the boy inside............... " (Hughes 2).

• "When she got to her door, she dragged the boy inside... " (Hughes 2).

How would you shorten this quote by taking out words in the middle?

"It was about eleven o’clock at night, and she was walking alone, when a boy ran up behind her and tried to snatch her purse" (Hughes 1).

• "It was about eleven o’clock at night...when a boy ran up behind her and tried to snatch her purse" (Hughes 1).

• "It was about eleven o’clock at night when a boy ran up behind her and tried to snatch her purse" (Hughes 1).

• "It was about eleven o’clock at night.......... when a boy ran up behind her and tried to snatch her purse" (Hughes 1).

How would you shorten this quote by taking words out at the beginning?

"But the boy’s weight and the weight of the purse combined caused him to lose his balance so, instead of taking off full blast as he had hoped, the boy fell on his back on the sidewalk, and his legs flew up" (Hughes 1).

• "........... the boy fell on his back on the sidewalk, and his legs flew up" (Hughes 1).

• "the boy fell on his back on the sidewalk, and his legs flew up" (Hughes 1).

• "the boy was off balance so the boy fell on his back on the sidewalk, and his legs flew up" (Hughes 1).

• "... the boy fell on his back on the sidewalk, and his legs flew up" (Hughes 1).

How would you write this quote inside a quote?

Firmly gripped by his shirt front, the boy said, "Yes’m."

• "Firmly gripped by his shirt front, the boy said, "Yes’m."

• "Firmly gripped by his shirt front, the boy said, 'Yes’m.'"

• 'Firmly gripped by his shirt front, the boy said, "Yes’m." '

• ''Firmly gripped by his shirt front, the boy said, "Yes’m."

How would you write this quote inside a quote?

"If I turn you loose, will you run?" asked the woman.

• "If I turn you loose, will you run?" asked the woman.

• "'If I turn you loose, will you run?' asked the woman."

• ""If I turn you loose, will you run?" asked the woman."

• ' "If I turn you loose, will you run?" asked the woman.'