Textual Evidence Review

Why do we have textual evidence 

• To prove a claim
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• because your teacher says so
• to express an opinion

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What is textual evidence?

• Your 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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Why is it important to provide textual evidence?

• It makes your paragraph longer.
• It allows your reader to get the important facts from the article without reading the whole thing.
• It shows that you know what you are talking about.
• It makes your claim stronger and helps prove your point.

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What is an inference?

• Something you have a gut feeling about.
• An educated guess.
• Evidence that supports your claim.
• What the story is mostly about.

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Which piece of evidence could be used to BEST support this claim:
High school students should be required to wear uniforms.

• When adding everything up, a school uniform could end up costing more than $200.
• A student reported, "Allowing us to wear our own clothes gives us a chance to show our unique style and independence."
• At one school that recently required students to wear uniforms, attendence rates went up, and behavior incidents went down.
• School uniforms can be ordered online .

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What evidence supports the idea: best friends are always there for you?

• Jessica is always talking about Jennifer behind her back.

• Jessica and Jennifer always talk about Michelle when she isn't around.

• Jessica always makes sure to help Jennifer and Michelle when they ask for support.

• Jennifer and Michelle make sure to copy off Jessica's homework.

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It's a good thing we were all wearing seat belts when the turbulence hit.

Based on the text, which of the following most likely happened?

• A family was on a road trip and hit a pothole.

• A plane had gone through a terrible storm.

• A boat went over some waves.

• There are not enough details to answer the question.

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The Recreation Center is only open through Sundays-Thursdays between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. Jackson wanted to play basketball there.

Based on the passage, at which time would Jackson be allowed to play basketball?

• At 4:30 p.m. on Saturday

• At 2:30 p.m. on Friday

• At 9:30 p.m. on Thursday

• At 9:00 a.m. on Monday

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textual evidence is

• using quotations, summaries and paraphrasing from a text to support a position

• proof

• a detailed examination the elements or structure of something

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Tornadoes are destructive. Which piece of evidence supports this claim?

• The tornado was 2 miles wide.

• 3 out of 4 families in our community are without power and 35 have lost parts of their house or roof.

• The tornado's wind speeds reached 100 mph.

• It was an F1 tornado.

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