Text Evidence and Inference

To find the proof in the text to support your answer; sometimes you can use a quote.

• To make an inference.

• To quote or mention the source you sued.

• To cite evidence.

an educated guess formed by using your background knowledge and information from the text

• Inference

• Cite

• Analyze

• Evaluate

facts or details found in the text that prove your point

• Evidence

• Claim

• Argument

• Quote

When using a direct quotation, how do you signify that the words are not yours?

• Quotation Marks

• Reasoning

• Restate it in your own words.

What comes after citing text evidence?

• Conclusion

• Explanation

• Answer

• Restate

When making an inference, it is always important to go back to the text to?

• Quickly skim the text

• Make a good guess

• Reread

• Change your answer choice

"Clues" you see or read in the text are called?

• Schema

• Background knowledge

• Inference

• Text evidence

With Inference, your answer choices will usually be_____ stated in the text.

• Directly

• Commonly

• Indirectly

• Obviously

You are __________ from the text and your schema to make an Inference.

• Analyzing

• "Making a good guess"

• "Putting the pieces together"

• "Putting what makes the most sense"

It was 8:30 on Thursday night. Emily stared at the large, empty poster board on her bed. Then she looked at the stack of books about Abraham Lincoln on her desk. Emily began to cry. Why do you think Emily was crying? (provide text evidence to support your answer choice on your white board)

• She wanted a different color poster

• It was late and she had a lot of schoolwork to complete before she could end her night

• She did not want to go to sleep

• She wanted a book about George Washington instead