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Textual Evidence

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

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What is textual evidence?

You claim.

Proof from the text to support your answer.

What the author thinks about a topic.

An explanation in your own words about your claim.

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.

What is an inference?

Something you have a gut feeling about.

An educated guess.

Evidence that supports your claim.

What the story is mostly about.

textual evidence is

using quotations, summaries and paraphrasing from a text to support a position

proof

a detailed examination the elements or structure of something

when citing a source you should use

an exclamation point

a semi colon or colon

quotations

a period at the end of the sentence

proof is also known as

citing

evidence

metaphor

support

Michael loves cheeseburgers and will could eat one everyday. He orders a cheeseburger for dinner.

The author writes that, "he orders a cheeseburger for dinner."

Explicit

Implicit

Whenever Teresa is around a cat she sneezes, coughs and breaks out in hives. Because Teresa, "sneezes, coughs and breaks out in hives." the narrator is inferring that she is allergic to cats and does not like them.

Implicit

Explicit

What does a strongly supported inference need?

Background knowledge and textual evidence that answers the question or writing prompt.

Background knowledge and an explanation of why the narrator is writing the text.

Lots of textual evidence. The more the better!

10.

Before I can include my textual evidence, what do I need to add?

A citation.

My opinion.

A concluding statement.

A transition or lead.

11.

What do I include at the end of the quote/textual evidence?

A period

Parenthesis

Author

Citation

12.

What does the citation need to include?

Author's first and last name.

The page number.

The website.

The author's last name and page number.

13.

Which paragraph is written correctly to respond to this question: Why do people feel cell phones should be turned off during dinner?

People feel cell phones should be turned off during dinner to give people more freedom. "Franchesca had an even happier result when she put away her phone" (Smith 6). This shows that turning cell phones off during meal times made people feel happy and less tied to a device.

People feel cell phones should be turned off during dinner to give people more freedom. In the text it states, "Franchesca had an even happier result when she put away her phone." This shows that turning cell phones off during meal times made people feel happy and less tied to a device.

People feel cell phones should be turned off during dinner to give people more freedom. In the text it states, "Franchesca had an even happier result when she put away her phone" (Smith 6).

People feel cell phones should be turned off during dinner to give people more freedom. In the text it states, "Franchesca had an even happier result when she put away her phone" (Smith 6). This shows that turning cell phones off during meal times made people feel happy and less tied to a device.

14.

Which piece of textual evidence is written correctly?

"June wants to go to the park" (Lovett 2).

Eric heard "June wants to go to the park" (Lovett 2).

Eric heard, "June wants to go to the park" (Lovett 2).

15.

What does explicit mean?

A guess

Evidence that is directly stated in the text

A conclusion based off of facts and reasoning

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Textual Evidence

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

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