Cite Text Evidence

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 .

What is an inference?

• Something you have a gut feeling about.

• a conclusion derived from logical reasoning following an investigation of available evidence

• Evidence that supports your claim.

• What the story is mostly about.

anything that students can read, write, view, listen to, or explore, including books, photographs, films, articles, music, art, and more

• text

• evidence

• implicit

• analysis

Why do we have textual evidence 

• To prove a claim
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• because your teacher says so
• to express an opinion

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 is an example of being implicit:

• telling your friend her shirt is ugly

• pretending that you are sick so that you can stay home from school

• hinting to your mom how much you would like to have a new cell phone without actually asking for one

• telling your mom you want a new cell phone for your birthday

Which piece of evidence supports that Kathleen is brave?

• "Even slight miscalculations could send the Vulcan cruiser thousands of miles off course."
• Kathleen might never see her parents again.
• "Kathleen reassured them with a confident look as she logged onto the navigation computer."
• Something could go wrong during takeoff. 

An inference is...

• Text evidence + what you know

• Retelling a text

• Making a guess without evidence

• Information written directly into the text.

As I entered the door, I thought this was a great way to end the day. The chalkboard menu had a list of specialties, like sundaes and banana splits. I looked at all the flavors. Chocolate is my favorite, but peppermint sounded good, too. Where am I?

• A restaurant
• A store
• An ice cream shop
• A candy store

a detailed examination of elements is known as analysis. Which of the following is the best example:

• describing the color, make and type of Nike shoes

• explaining the functions of the newest Apple phone such as face recognition, online access, voice texting, exclusive emojis, and apps.

• comparing the colors of two different shirts

• identifying the main characters in a story