Citing Text Evidence and R A C E

When you "CITE EVIDENCE", where should it come from?

• What your friend said

• What you read in the text

• What your opinion is

• What is stated in the question

What step comes after citing textual evidence?

• Explain how the textual evidence supports the answer.

• Check for unclear pronouns.

• Another piece of evidence.

• My answer.

What is the acronym used to answer a writing prompt with textual evidence?

• RASE

• RACE

• RASC

• RASCP

What does the acronym R.A.C.E. mean?

• Reach, Answer, Call, Evidence

• Restate, Alter, Cite, Explain

• Redo, All, Cars, Everywhere

• Restate, Answer, Cite, Explain

At Ramona, we write paragraphs using the RACE structure. For the "C" or citing evidence, which of the following is true?

• You should pick evidence that SUPPORTS or PROVES your answer

• Begin with a lead in (title, author, genre)

• You do not have to use "quotation marks" around the evidence

• Always cite your source with a citation (Source 1).

Which of these phrases would be good to use to cite text evidence?

• In conclusion,

• In my opinion,

• According to the text,

• In other words,

What does it mean to "cite" text evidence?

• Use it to answer the question

• Give the source of the quote (page or line number and author)

• Put it in your own words

• Explain it

What evidence from the text supports your answer to #1?

• This was only a small part that he was auditioning for, but there must have been 50 guys waiting here.

• The script was sitting in his lap, and his left knee was rapidly bouncing up and down, impossible for him to control. He finally held it down to stop it.

• As he read, Frank tried to quietly say his lines to get a sense of rhythm of the character's speech.

When textual evidence is cited, it is called...

• a quote

• parenthetical citation

• proof

What evidence from the text supports your answer to #1?

• These were to most important elections in South Africa's history?

• They collected the information any way they could.

• Ruth's Cafe was a small restaurant in a rural village. People of all ages gathered there that day.

• They turned their heads to strain their ears toward the corner of the cafe. There, a small box squawked out the results.