Explicit vs Implicit Evidence

Details that are stated directly in the text.

This is the definition of which term?

• Explicit

• Implicit

Details are not stated directly. The reader must infer the meaning.
This is the definition for which term?

• Explicit

• Implicit

Explicit is:

• When the answer is obvious in the text

• When the answer isn't in the text at all

• When the answer is implied in the text

• When the narrator is in first person

When reading a book, the information that is not said directly in the story, but the author wants you to know must be _______.

• argued

• inferred

• summarized

• explicit

Explicit information is written in the text.

• TRUE

• FALSE

As soon as I was out of the Ballroom, I took off like a flash. I streaked down the corridor. Up the stairs I went, jumping quite easily from one to the other, keeping well against the wall.

What is EXPLICITLY stated?

• He was running away from an enemy.

• He was excited to get somewhere.

• He jumped up the stairs.

• He was trying to hide by hugging the wall and moving quickly.

Explicit information...

• is easily found within the text.

• is hinted at, but not obvious.

• is only in films.

• is written in third person.

Another way of thinking about implicit information is to think of it as......?

• Guessing

• Reading between the lines

• What the narrator doesn't want you to know

• Something that is not suggested at all

Which of the following is an example of explicit evidence?

• A) The text states that the character is angry.

• B) The character's anger is implied through their actions.

• C) The character's feelings are left to the reader's imagination.

• D) The character's emotions are hinted at but not directly mentioned.

What does implicit evidence require the reader to do?

• A) Find the information directly in the text.

• B) Infer meaning from context and clues.

• C) Ignore the text and rely on personal opinion.

• D) Summarize the text without analysis.