Using Evidence in English

Words, phrases, or sentences from a text that support an idea is textual evidence.

• True
• False

If you make an inference, the evidence is not clearly stated.

• True
• False

Sometimes the author ________ states evidence. It is clearly stated in the text.

• vaguely
• strangely
• explicitly
• differently

Textual evidence helps explain 

• the plot.
• inferences.

Textual evidence supports

• analysis.
• math.
• structures.
• fantasies.

Explicit evidence is

• directly stated in the text.
• not directly stated in the text.

We examine textual evidence because not all textual evidence has the same weight.

• True
• False

Inferences can NOT support an analysis as powerfully as explicitly stated text.

• True
• False

Text analysis is using textual evidence to support an opinion or ideas based on a text.

• True
• False

Understanding what a text is explicitly saying is Standard 1 for Literature and Informational text.

• True
• False