Including Textual Evidence
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8th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What is textual evidence?
Your claim.
Proof from the text to support your answer.
What the author thinks about a topic.
An explanation in your own words about your claim.
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CCSS.RI.8.1
CCSS.RL.8.1
CCSS.RI.8.8
CCSS.RL.7.1
CCSS.RI.7.1
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Why is it important to provide textual evidence?
It makes your paragraph longer.
It allows your reader to get the important facts from the article without reading the whole thing.
It shows that you know what you are talking about.
It makes your claim stronger and helps prove your point.
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CCSS.RI.8.1
CCSS.RL.8.1
CCSS.RI.8.8
CCSS.RI.7.8
CCSS.RL.7.1
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Which piece of evidence supports that Kathleen is brave?
Even slight miscalculations could send the Vulcan cruiser thousands of miles off course.
Kathleen might never see her parents again.
Kathleen reassured them with a confident look as she logged onto the navigation computer.
Something could go wrong during takeoff.
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CCSS.RI.8.1
CCSS.RL.8.1
CCSS.RL.7.1
CCSS.RI.7.1
CCSS.RI.6.1
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Which piece of evidence could be used to BEST support this claim:
High school students should be required to wear uniforms.
When adding everything up, a school uniform could end up costing more than $200.
A student reported, "Allowing us to wear our own clothes gives us a chance to show our unique style and independence."
At one school that recently required students to wear uniforms, attendence rates went up, and behavior incidents went down.
School uniforms can be ordered online .
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CCSS.RI.8.1
CCSS.RL.8.1
CCSS.RI.8.8
CCSS.RI.7.8
CCSS.RL.9-10.1
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
WHY do we quote evidence in our writing?
Quoting provides credibility and ensures writing is fair and accurate.
Our teacher said to.
To offer multiple perspectives.
To make the essay longer.
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CCSS.RI.8.1
CCSS.RL.8.1
CCSS.RI.8.8
CCSS.RI.7.8
CCSS.RL.9-10.1
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Which of these phrases would be good to use to cite text evidence?
In conclusion,
According to the text,
In my opinion,
In other words,
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CCSS.RI.8.1
CCSS.RL.8.1
CCSS.RI.8.8
CCSS.RI.7.8
CCSS.RL.7.1
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
How can textual evidence strengthen an argument or analysis?
By ignoring the text completely
By providing irrelevant examples from other sources
By making assumptions without any evidence
By providing specific examples and quotes from the text to support the argument or analysis.
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CCSS.L.7.6
CCSS.L.8.6
CCSS.L.9-10.6
CCSS.W.8.2D
CCSS.W.9-10.2D
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