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Siting Textual Evidence

Authored by Sarah Williams

English

6th Grade

CCSS covered

Siting Textual Evidence
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1.

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.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RI.5.8

CCSS.RL.7.1

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 2 pts

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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."

According to the text, "At one school that recently required students to wear uniforms, attendance rates went up, and behavior incidents went down" (Paragraph 1).

School uniforms can be ordered online .

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.7.1

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

textual evidence is

using quotations, summaries and paraphrasing from a text to support a position

proof

a detailed examination the elements or structure of something

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What does explicit mean?

A guess

Evidence that is directly stated in the text

A conclusion based off of facts and reasoning

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CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.2

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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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.

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.5.8

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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Your teacher has asked you to find RELEVANT evidence for your argument. This means...

Seeking out pieces of evidence in the text that have the strongest, most specific details that prove my point.

Something in the text that has " "

A quote on page 114

A quote with really powerful words in it.

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.5.8

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What are the different ways to cite textual evidence?

Direct quotes, paraphrasing, and summarizing.

Copying, quoting, and referencing.

Referencing, summarizing, and copying.

Quoting, paraphrasing, and summarizing.

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.7.1

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