Evidence

What is textual evidence?

• Your claim.

• Proof from the text to support your answer.

• What the author thinks about a topic.

• An explanation in your own words about your claim.

Why is it important to provide textual evidence?

• It makes your paragraph longer.

• It allows your reader to get the important facts from the article without reading the whole thing.

• It shows that you know what you are talking about.

• It makes your claim stronger and helps prove your point.

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 .

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

• True

• False

Evidence is ___________________

• A statement or conclusion that answers a question

• Scientific data that supports the claim

• A justification that connects the claim to the evidence

• Not vital when using an argument

Why is it important to use credible sources for evidence?

• To make the essay longer

• To convince the reader of the argument

• Because all other types of sources are not allowed

• To add more quotes to the essay

What type of evidence is most effective in an argumentative essay?

• Personal opinions

• Emotional appeals

• Factual data and statistics

• Vague references

Which of the following is a characteristic of effective evidence in an argumentative essay?

• Subjectivity

• Relevance

• Generalization

• Ambiguity

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

• vaguely

• strangely

• explicitly

• differently

Why do we have textual evidence 

• To prove a claim

• unicorn

• because your teacher says so

• to express an opinion