Text Evidence Vocabulary

Sources the reader can trust and believe because they are authorized or published by a reputable person or organization that uses research as evidence

• textual evidence

• source

• credible sources

• relevant evidence

using evidence from a text to help with proving an argument, point, or fact

• textual evidence

• cite

• source

• relevant evidence

The exact words of someone else woven into your writing, noted by using quotation marks

• cite

• preferred style

• direct quotation

• text

facts that come from sources

• plagiarism

• relevant evidence

• textual evidence

• credible sources

the practice of taking someone else's work and passing it off as your own

• cite

• in-text citation

• direct quote

• plagiarism

statements that are written by the author that prove their claim makes sense

• plagiarism

• reliable sources

• text

• logical reasoning

The original piece of writing being cited

• source

• text

• direct quotation

• paraphrasing

stating the author and page or paragraph number from a source when using a direct quotation

• in-text citation

• paraphrasing

• relevant evidence

• logical reasoning

a specialized way of ordering punctuation, grammar, and in-text citations from a specific set of guidelines

• source

• preferred style

• textual evidence

• logical reasoning

restatement or rewording of an idea from a text

• paraphrasing

• preferred style

• direct quotation

• text