How to Punctuate Text Evidence

What is textual evidence?

• My opinion after reading.
• Proof in the article.
• A word for word quote from the article/story
• A made-up quote I add to my answer.

When answering a question using textual evidence, what does my support look like?

• It is another answer.

• It is proof from a text.

• It is a citation.

• It is a concluding statement.

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

• A citation.
• My opinion.
• A concluding statement.
• a phrase or sentence

What is another way to think of textual evidence?

• An answer to the question.
• My paraphrased version of the article.
• A word-for-word quote from the article.
• My opinion of the article.

What does every quote need to have?

• Two sentences.
• Quotation marks
• A capital letter.
• Long words that make it sound complex.

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

• A period
• Parenthesis
• Author
• Citation

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.

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.

Which of the following is NOT a way to introduce a quote?

• Verb + comma

• Sentence + Colon

• Using "that"

• Noun + Comma

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).