Best Text Evidence

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.

Michael woke up with a start. Someone was banging at the front door. Heavy footsteps clomped over the bare boards of the hallway. A shouting of voices. Jacko's familiar growl, then the front door slammed shut. Michael shivered and pulled the thin blanket closer around his shoulders. Through the cracked glass of the curtainless window, the sky looked gray and dirty. A groan from the other mattress told him that Toby was awake as well. Which of the following would be considered explicit textual evidence?

• Toby is Michael's brother

• "the sky looked gray and dirty"

• Michael was trying to sleep

• Michael and Toby were cold

Michael woke up with a start. Someone was banging at the front door. Heavy footsteps clomped over the bare boards of the hallway. A shouting of voices. Jacko's familiar growl, then the front door slammed shut. Michael shivered and pulled the thin blanket closer around his shoulders. Through the cracked glass of the curtainless window, the sky looked gray and dirty. A groan from the other mattress told him that Toby was awake as well. Which words help describe the setting?

• "A shouting of voices."

• "...cracked glass of the curtainless window..."

• "Michael woke up with a start."

• "...Toby was awake as well."

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It was the sea eagle that called Emily down to the beach. It hovered above the waves, it's broad wings dusty where the land had left its mark, its small eyes that could follow the horizon bright and keen. She hadn't meant to come down onto the beach. She'd meant to sit at the top of the ramp till the other kids had left the street, till she could walk home from school in peace without strangers staring at her, but somehow the bird seemed to urge her to come down. Which textual evidence best describes Emily's thoughts and feelings?

• "... sea eagle that called Emily..."

• "... till she could walk home from school in peace..."

• "... its broad wings dusty..."

• "... the bird seemed to urge her to come down."

Michael woke up with a start. Someone was banging at the front door. Heavy footsteps clomped over the bare boards of the hallway. A shouting of voices. Jacko's familiar growl, then the front door slammed shut. Michael shivered and pulled the thin blanket closer around his shoulders. Through the cracked glass of the curtainless window, the sky looked gray and dirty. A groan from the other mattress told him that Toby was awake as well. 
Which of the following would be considered explicit textual evidence? 

• Michael was trying to sleep

• Toby is Michael's brother

• Michael and Toby were cold

• "the sky looked gray and dirty"

"Someday, I'm gonna wipe the stain of this town from my boot, and really make it. You know, see the world, get famous, make money. And I'm going to do it my way." Philip sat quietly. "You'll say goodbye before you go, right?" he asked. Joseph laughed. "You're really something, you know that?" What text evidence from this paragraph shows us that Joseph does not like their town?

Which of the following sentences contains explicit textual evidence?

• A) The sun was shining brightly.

• B) She felt a sense of dread.

• C) He was thinking about his future.

• D) The room was silent.

What is the best textual evidence to show that the character is feeling anxious?

• A) She smiled warmly at her friend.

• B) Her hands were shaking slightly.

• C) He walked confidently into the room.

• D) The sun set slowly over the horizon.

Which sentence provides the best textual evidence for the setting being a busy city?

• A) The birds chirped in the quiet forest.

• B) Cars honked as they sped by.

• C) The waves crashed on the shore.

• D) The wind rustled through the trees.