Textual Evidence Practice

What is textual evidence?

• Specific details or quotes from a text that support or prove a claim or argument.

• General knowledge about a text.

• Personal interpretations of a text.

• Random facts or opinions about a text.

Why is it important to find evidence in a text?

• To confuse the reader

• To make the text longer

• To distract from the main point

• To support and validate claims or arguments made in the text.

What are some strategies for finding evidence in a text?

• Skimming the text, guessing the evidence, relying on intuition

• Ignoring the text, relying on personal opinions, making assumptions

• Reading quickly, skipping important information, not taking notes

• Reading carefully, highlighting important information, taking notes, looking for supporting details, analyzing arguments, evaluating credibility

What is the purpose of citing textual evidence?

• To confuse the reader

• To make the text longer

• To support and strengthen arguments or claims

• To provide irrelevant information

How can you cite textual evidence in your writing?

• By including direct quotes, paraphrasing, or summarizing key points from the text.

• By including unrelated information from other sources in your writing.

• By including personal opinions and interpretations of the text.

• By including indirect quotes, paraphrasing, or summarizing key points from the text.

What are supporting details in a text?

• General statements that are unrelated to the main idea.

• Opinions or personal beliefs that are not backed by evidence.

• Specific pieces of information that provide evidence or examples to support the main idea or thesis statement.

• Irrelevant information that does not contribute to the main idea.

Why is it important to identify supporting details?

• Supporting details help to clarify the main idea.

• Identifying supporting details is a waste of time.

• Supporting details are irrelevant to the main idea.

• Supporting details provide evidence and examples that support the main idea or argument.

What are some common types of supporting details?

• examples, statistics, facts, anecdotes, and expert opinions

• explanations, summaries, arguments

• quotes, testimonials, surveys

• definitions, comparisons, descriptions

How can you identify supporting details in a text?

• Look for specific information that provides evidence or examples to support the main idea or argument.

• Focus on the author's opinion rather than facts.

• Look for information that contradicts the main idea.

• Identify keywords in the text.

Why is it important to use multiple pieces of evidence to support your claims?

• To strengthen the credibility and reliability of your claims.

• To save time and effort in finding evidence.

• To confuse the audience and make your claims seem more valid.

• To provide a variety of perspectives on the topic.