Analyze Evidence

What is evidence stemming specifically from a text such as a book, article, or other reliable source?

• Textual Evidence

• Context

• Text Feature

• Text Structure

What is to examine critically, so as to bring out the essential elements or give the essence of?

• Evaluate

• Identify

• Synthesize

• Analyze

What should you be doing while reading the sources?

• Nothing

• Underline everything

• Underline evidence that goes with the prompt

• Use symbols to organize evidence or decide opinion

Which is the correct way to write evidence?

• In S1 P12 it says, "blah blah blah."

• According to Source 3, "blah blah blah."

• Paragraph 5 states, blah blah blah.

• The source says, "blah blah blah."

What is the importance of analyzing the evidence from a reading passage?

• To change the sequence of events in the passage

• To ignore the details in the passage

• To create confusion about the passage

• To understand how the evidence supports a claim or idea from the passage, and to determine what makes the evidence strong

For every one sentence of evidence, you should have ________ sentence(s) of analysis.

• 1

• 2

• 3

Which of the following is an example of analyzing evidence to support a claim?

• Just because.

• I think so.

• According to a study by Harvard University, students who study daily perform better academically.

• It's always been that way.

Evidence: Girls in girls-only classrooms tend to take more science and math classes than girls in mixed gender classes. Boys in boys-only classrooms take more art and drama classes than boys in mixed-gender classes. Which claim best matches the evidence?

• Boys and girls in single-gender classrooms get higher test scores than children in mixed-gender classrooms.

• Boys and girls in single-gender classrooms aren't prepared for the real world where offices and businesses are mixed gender.

• Boys and girls in single-gender classrooms take more academic risks in their class choices.

Stories told by other people are what kind of evidence?

• Empirical

• Anecdotal

• Logical

• Factual

Which type of evidence uses story-telling as a form of data?

• Empirical

• Logical

• Anecdotal