Citing Textual Evidence in Literary Analysis

What does the term 'evidence' typically bring to mind according to the video?

• A criminal investigation or courtroom trial

• A historical event

• A mathematical proof

• A scientific experiment

Why is evidence important for readers?

• It makes the text more entertaining

• It supports their inferences, reasoning, and understanding of relationships

• It helps them guess the ending of the story

• It allows them to skip parts of the text

What is the benefit of having better evidence in reading comprehension?

• It allows for more characters in the story

• It makes the text shorter

• It strengthens the case being made

• It makes the text more colorful

How does evidence affect your thesis when writing about a text?

• It makes the thesis more confusing

• It ensures the thesis is well supported

• It allows you to avoid writing a thesis

• It makes the thesis longer

What is the overall benefit of using evidence in reading and writing?

• It makes you a stronger reader and a more effective writer

• It makes the text more interesting

• It helps you memorize the text

• It allows you to read faster