Finding Evidence in a Reading Passage and Parentheses and Dashes: Correct Usage

Choose the best replacement for the underlined portion of the sentence. I went to office hours to ask the teacher about Monday's lecture I was confused about the relationship between the Marian reforms and the fall of the Republic but he wasn't there.

• about Monday's lecture, I was confused about the relationship between the Marian reforms and the fall of the Republic but

• about Monday's lecture (I was confused about the relationship between the Marian reforms and the fall of the Republic) but

• about Monday's lecture - I was confused about the relationship - between the Marian reforms and the fall of the Republic but

• about Monday's lecture: I was confused about the relationship between the Marian reforms and the fall of the Republic: but

• (the sentence is correct as it is)

Choose the best replacement for the underlined portion of the sentence.For the treasurer, they considered Susan too committed to other activitiesand Mark (too absent-minded) before finally settling on Jodi.

• Susan being (too committed to other activities)

• The sentence is correct as it is

• Susan, too committed to other activities;

• Susan (too committed to other activities)

• Susan (too committed to other activities -

Choose the best replacement for the underlined portion of the sentence.We asked our professor when he would hand our essays back we'd turned them in a month ago but he didn't seem to remember them at all.

• hand our essays back (we'd turned them in a month ago) but

• hand our essays - back we'd turned them in a month ago but

• hand our essays back, we'd turned them in a month ago but

• (the sentence is correct as it is)

• hand our essays back; we'd turned them in a month ago; but

Choose the best replacement for the underlined portion of the sentence.The professor was sweet, if a little too devoted to his cats he often wentoff on long tangents during lectures about his feline companions past and present.

• if a little too devoted to his cats, he often went

• if a little too devoted to his cats, him often going

• (the sentence is correct as it is)

• if a little too devoted to his cats - he often went

• if a little too devoted to his cats (he often went

Choose the best replacement for the underlined portion of the sentence.I asked Samantha how she managed to fit so many extracurricular activities into her schedule she was in art club, book club, and marching band, and she explained her system of time management.

• her schedule, she was in art club, book club, and marching band, and

• (the sentence is correct as it is)

• her schedule - she was in art club, book club, and marching band - and

• her schedule: she was in art club, book club, and marching band; and

• her schedule - she was in art club, book club, and marching band, and

What makes evidence strong?

• the quality of the author's written language

• the length of the paraphrased sentences.

• its ability to support multiple claims

• its connection to the question and answer

Which quotations would NOT help support your argument about understanding the knowledge of the past in The Giver? ''The man shook his head. 'No, no,' he said. 'I'm not being clear. It's not my past, my childhood that I must transmit to you.' He leaned back, resting his head against the back of the upholstered chair. 'It's the memories of the whole world,' he said with a sigh. 'Before you, before me, before the previous Receiver, and generations before him.'''

• '''It's the memories of the whole world'''

• '''I'm not being clear.'''

• ''' . . .before the previous Receiver, and generations before him.'''

• '''It's not my past...that I must transmit to you.'''

Why is evidence important?

• to support the author's claim or idea

• to make essay writing easier

• to encourage faster reading

• to make the reader feel comfortable

Quotations and paraphrases are examples of _____, or examples from a text that support main and sub points in an essay.

• evidence

• outlines

• thesis statements

• themes

A nonfiction author may include all these types of evidence EXCEPT _____

• statistical data

• expert opinions

• dialogue

• specialized knowledge