Citing Evidence in Your Work

Why is it important to support your answers with evidence from the text?

• To show you have read the text

• To ensure your answer is correct

• To make your answer longer

• To confuse the reader

What is the main theme of the story 'House Taken Over' by Julio Cortázar?

• A house being overtaken by an unknown entity

• A haunted house

• A family vacation

• A sibling rivalry

What is the key difference in the siblings' behavior during the day and night?

• They are more active at night

• They make noise during the day and try to be quiet at night

• They are equally noisy day and night

• They sleep during the day and work at night

What should you do after writing your initial answer to a question?

• Submit it immediately

• Add a quote from the text to support it

• Ask a friend for their opinion

• Rewrite the question

What is considered a quote in the context of citing evidence?

• Any sentence from the text that you did not write

• Only the first sentence of a paragraph

• Any sentence you write yourself

• Only dialogue from characters

Why is it important to include the paragraph number when citing a quote?

• To avoid plagiarism

• To confuse the reader

• To help others find the evidence

• To make your answer look longer

What punctuation is necessary when including a quote in your answer?

• Quotation marks around the quote

• A comma before the quote

• A period at the end

• No punctuation is needed

What should you do if your quote is not the end of your sentence?

• Start a new sentence

• Put a comma after the quote

• Put a period after the quote

• Leave it as it is

What is the purpose of using quotation marks in your answer?

• To highlight important words

• To indicate words you did not write

• To make the text look fancy

• To separate different ideas

What is the correct way to cite a quote from a text?

• Include the page or paragraph number

• Include the author's name only

• Include the title of the book

• Include the date of publication