citing textual evidence

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Citing Textual Evidence

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Prove it!How do you know?Citing Textual Evidence

Pretend you are a lawyer. When you are presenting a case to a jury, you must provide evidence to the jury so that they believe you. When you are writing, it is your job to provide your reader with textual evidence to support your argument or claim.

What is textual evidence?

Textual evidence used to support an argument/position when writing. The evidence is gathered from a text. It may include direct quotes from the text and inferences drawn from the text.Slow and Steady Wins the RACES:R- Restate the questionA-Answer all the parts of the questionC- Cite textual evidenceE- Explain your answerS- Summarize what your paragraph is about

Textual Evidence Sentence Starters/Evidence Based Terms

On page ________, it said that The author wrote An example is In the text it said I know because For instance From the reading I know that According to the text In the text it said The graphic showed From my reading I know that