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Which is the definition of TEXT EVIDENCE?

• to take a claim directly from an article and turn it into your claim

• to take the theme from a realistic fiction story and use it in your story

• to take a quote from another text and use it in your own writing to support your claim

• to make your own sentence and put quotation marks before and after it

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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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Players of Pokémon GO have a simple objective. Select the answer of the piece of text evidence that best describes this objective:

• “Players must find and capture little cartoon monsters known as Pokémon.”

• “As you’re hunting for Pokémon outside, you’re looking at the screen of your phone."

• “This time, the directions were just one line: ‘Avoid missing ball for high score."

• “Many families play together.”

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What does EVIDENCE mean?

• A statement you believe to be true

• An opinion

• An argument

• Proof that supports your reasons

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Proof that comes from sources and research and supports your reason(s) is...

• Claim

• Reason(s)

• Evidence

• None of the above

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Select the best evidence to support the statement that the first electric cars had several drawbacks.

• In the late 1800s there was a race to invent the "horseless carriage."

• Coal was too heavy to use for fuel, so people tried other things, including natural gas, gunpowder, and something we now think of as modern: batteries.

• For a while, batteries seem to be the best answer.

• But the batteries were heavy and cumbersome relative to the power they supplies, and they burned out if you tried to go too fast.

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Select the best evidence to support the statement that it's not always easy to tell when a flood will occur.

• Floods are one of the most common hazards in the United States.

• Flood effects can be local, impacting a neighborhood or community, or very large, affecting entire river basins and multiple states.

• However, all floods are not alike. Some floods develop slowly, sometimes over a period of days.

• But flash floods can develop quickly, sometimes in just a few minutes and without any visible signs of rain.

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The following passage is about explorer Zebulon Pike's childhood. Select the best evidence to support the statement that Zebulon Pike knew several languages.

• Growing up, Zebulon may have attended some local schools, but no records exist.

• Most of the young man's learning came from his father and, later, from his own studies.

• Throughout his life, Zebulon would take every opportunity to learn something new. he strongly believed in the importance of an education and was an avid reader.

• As a young Army officer, he even taught himself Latin, French, and Spanish.

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The following passage is about the development of the modern pizza. Select the best evidence to support the statement that people did not put tomatoes on their pizza in the 1700s.

• The early modern Neapolitan pizzas of the 1700s were indeed for people on the street who were hungry and either had a little money or bough their pizza on credit using a Neapolitan pay-it-forward system that is still in use today.

• Toppings included inexpensive local ingredients like olive oil, garlic, oregano, grated cheese, lard, and salt.

• When tomatoes started appearing on pizzas in the 1800s, they would have only. been used during their fresh season from late spring through summer and autumn.

• By the early 1900s they were being commercially canned in southern Italy and thus were available year round.

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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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