Citing Textual Evidence Review

What is the purpose of citing evidence correctly?

• To show off knowledge of citation styles

• To make the paper longer

• To confuse the reader

• To give credit to the original source and avoid plagiarism

How can you avoid plagiarism?

• Cite your sources and use quotation marks when directly quoting someone else's work.

• Copy and paste from the internet without giving credit

• Use someone else's work as your own without permission

• Paraphrase without acknowledging the original source

Textual evidence is when we use information from the text to support our answers.

• True

• False

When you use someone else's ideas, you DON'T have to cite the text.

• True

• False

What evidence from the text supports the answer that Michael grabs for the shell?

• "She kept in close touch with several other women in nearby condominiums."

• "She was having tea and a crescent roll and seemed cheerful."

• "She said she didn't deserve this."

• "She picked up the shell and poked the long, shiny nail of her little finger at the crab's claws."

It was a tough day for Cleveland Cavaliers fans. Well, it was confusing. Kyrie Irving got dealt to the Boston Celtics after requesting a trade out of Cleveland last month. Even though things have been strange between Irving and LeBron James, there’s no question how much James respects Irving.That was apparent in his public goodbye to Irving.
Answer the following question: What evidence shows that Kyrie and Lebron are on better speaking terms?

• The evidence that shows that Kyrie and Lebron are on better terms is that Kyrie is being traded.

• The evidence that shows that Kyrie and Lebron are on better terms because things had been strange before and then Kyrie was traded.

• The evidence that shows that Kyrie and Lebron are on better terms is that according to the text Lebron James respected Kyrie Irving by giving him a public goodbye.

• The evidence that shows that Kyrie and Lebron are on speaking terms is that things were strange and now they talk.

Citing textual evidence includes...

• A lead-in

• Quotes around the evidence

• A parenthetical citation

• Date of the source's publication

• Where the source was published (News Source, Youtube, etc.)

Why is citing textual evidence important?

• To be credible, academic and trustworthy, we must support our thinking with evidence.

• We need to be sure people are convinced by what we are saying.

• We need to make sure we are researching our topics.

• Mr. Kiernan never told us

Reorder the following steps for Citing Textual Evidence

• Read the text

• Analyze the question

• Evaluate the textual evidence

• Generate with the BEST textual support

What is textual evidence?

• A footnote at the bottom of a reading passage

• Whenever there is quotes around text

• Words from a source

• The research an author uses in their writing