Citing Text Evidence

Citing text evidence must include what things?

• sentence starter, text, comma

• sentence starter, comma, quotation marks, text

• comma, quotation marks, text

• comma, sentence starter, text

Which of the following citations is written correctly?

• This year for the first time I think school is going to be fun.

• The text says This year for the first time I think school is going to be fun.

• The text says, "This year for the first time I think school is going to be fun."

• "The text says, This year for the first time I think school is going to be fun."

Write the text evidence in correct format for the following piece of evidence:

My face was burning and I felt everyone watching me, the new girl.

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Which of the following is written correctly?

• In the text it states, "The day is beautiful: the sun is shining and a light breeze is blowing."

• In the text it states, The day is beautiful: the sun is shining and a light breeze is blowing.

• "The day is beautiful: the sun is shining and a light breeze is blowing."

• "In the text it states, The day is beautiful: the sun is shining and a light breeze is blowing."

What does it mean to "cite" text evidence?

• Use it to answer the question

• Give the source of the quote (page or line number and author)

• Put it in your own words

• Explain it

What evidence from the text supports your answer to ?

• These were to most important elections in South Africa's history?

• They collected the information any way they could.

• Ruth's Cafe was a small restaurant in a rural village. People of all ages gathered there that day.

• They turned their heads to strain their ears toward the corner of the cafe. There, a small box squawked out the results.

What evidence from the text supports your answer to #1?

• These were to most important elections in South Africa's history?

• They collected the information any way they could.

• Ruth's Cafe was a small restaurant in a rural village. People of all ages gathered there that day.

• They turned their heads to strain their ears toward the corner of the cafe. There, a small box squawked out the results.

When textual evidence is cited, it is called...

• a quote

• parenthetical citation

• proof

Which choice provides the best evidence for the answer to the previous question?

• Lines 5-9 ("In...automobile")

• Lines 20-24 ("And...car")

• Lines 24-26 (In...experience")

• Lines 32-34 ("Hopping ... quickly")

What evidence from the text supports your answer to #1?

• This was only a small part that he was auditioning for, but there must have been 50 guys waiting here.

• The script was sitting in his lap, and his left knee was rapidly bouncing up and down, impossible for him to control. He finally held it down to stop it.

• As he read, Frank tried to quietly say his lines to get a sense of rhythm of the character's speech.