Citing Text Evidence Essentials

What does 'citing text evidence' mean?

• Writing a summary of a text

• Mentioning a piece of text in your writing

• Seeing something with your sight

• Ignoring the text completely

Why is it important to cite text evidence in your writing?

• To prove your statements with evidence

• To avoid writing your own ideas

• To make your writing longer

• To confuse the reader

What should you do when you want to sound like an expert in your writing?

• Avoid reading the text

• Use your own opinions only

• Use text evidence to support your ideas

• Write as little as possible

What is the first rule for citing text evidence?

• Use your own words

• Ignore the text

• Use the author's exact words

• Paraphrase the text

What should you use around the author's words when citing text evidence?

• Parentheses

• Brackets

• Quotation marks

• Asterisks

What should you include to specify where you found the text evidence?

• The genre of the text

• The date you read it

• The title of the story or book

• The author's name only

Which sentence starter can you use to cite text evidence?

• In my opinion,

• According to the story,

• I think that

• It seems like

What should you do after writing the author's exact words?

• Italicize the text

• Underline the text

• Change the font

• Close the quotation marks

What effect did living in the woods have on Thoreau according to the example given?

• He became more knowledgeable about nature

• He became less interested in nature

• He decided to move to the city

• He wrote fewer books

What is the benefit of citing text evidence in your writing?

• It makes your writing shorter

• It confuses the reader

• It makes your writing sound more believable

• It avoids giving credit to the author