Locating Text Evidence

the information that supports or helps prove a claim such as facts, statistics, expert opinion, etc.

• credible

• research

• evidence

• argument

quotations, summaries, or paraphrases from text passages to support a position

• reasons

• evidence

• textual evidence

• relevant

giving credit to authors of source information; citing evidence

• citation

• argument

• reasons

• credible

the process of locating information from a variety of sources

• argument

• research

• credible

• reasons

What are some techniques to help you locate important text evidence?

First you identified the important words.

Then you scanned to find the right paragraph.

Where would the text-evidence answer be regarding where the manuscript originated?

First you identified the important words.

Then you scanned to find the right paragraph.

Where would the text-evidence answer be regarding how a blind person can use their exceptional hearing and memory to make up for their loss of sight?

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.

closely connected to the matter at hand (for example, evidence supporting a claim)

• relevant

• reasons

• research

• argument

What are supporting details (also known as concrete details)?

• Quotes, facts, examples all located within the text to help support the main idea.

• The author's discussion about the main idea in more depth.

• The author's opinion about the main idea.

• The reader's opinion about the main idea.