Types of Evidence

Which type of evidence includes published books, photographs, magazines, maps, and police reports.

Answer explanation

When looking for textual evidence, look for the keyword "text". Text is printed words!

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CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

Which type of evidence includes quotes, expert opinions, and witness statements?

Answer explanation

When looking for testimonial evidence, look for the keyword "" or quotation marks. Testimonial evidence will usually have tags like "said", "claimed", and "wondered" too.

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CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

Which type of evidence includes percentages, data, surveys, and averages?

Answer explanation

When looking for statistical evidence, look for math terminology you would use to prove a study. Don't include dates!

Which type of evidence includes personal stories and descriptions of a series of events?

Answer explanation

When looking for anecdotal evidence, look for paragraphs that are giving descriptions of how things are done or how something happened.

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CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

Which type of evidence includes comparisons and contrasts to other people's works?

Answer explanation

When looking for analogical evidence, think of the word "analyze." When you are using analogical evidence, you are comparing information to "analyze" a fact.

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CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

Which type of evidence includes guesses, assumptions, generalizations, and things that haven't happened, but could?

Answer explanation

When looking for hypothetical evidence, look for words like "predict", "could", "maybe", "might", and "may."

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CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RL.8.1

What type of evidence is this?

Marine mammals such as seals and sea lions often have a high metabolism to cope with cold water. But these creatures also rely on large bodies and blubber to stay toasty.

• anecdotal

• textual

• hypothetical

• analogical

• statistical

Answer explanation

This example is just a fact, so we can classify that under textual evidence.

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CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

What type of evidence is this?

“Being a small-bodied marine mammal in cold waters presents a real thermal challenge,” says Traver Wright. One of the new study’s authors, he is a comparative physiologist.

• anecdotal

• textual

• hypothetical

• analogical

• testimonial

Answer explanation

This is a direct quote from an expert, which makes its a testimonial.

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CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

What type of evidence is this?

Skeletal muscle makes up as much as half of most mammals’ body weight.

• anecdotal

• statistical

• hypothetical

• analogical

• testimonial

Answer explanation

This has to do with percentages. "As much as half" counts as a statistic.

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CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

What type of evidence is this?

Oxygen use is one gauge of how much heat cells are producing. The researchers compared that rate of oxygen use in otters to what’s seen in other animals. They looked at humans, elephant seals and even Iditarod sled dogs.

• anecdotal

• statistical

• hypothetical

• analogical

• testimonial

Answer explanation

While this could be textual if it had been published, this is really just a step by step retelling of events. We could call that anecdotal evidence.

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CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.7.1