Gathering Evidence

When QUOTING someone from an article or film, you must include who said it or wrote it, and it MUST be in quotation marks.

• True

• False

Miss Boznango gave me full credit on my question because I used strong ______.

• text evidence

• limp

• paces

• analyze

An educated guess using prior knowledge (schema), text evidence, and reasoning

• inference

• analyze

• fortunate

• shaft

Because I wasn’t sure what color the plane was in my story, I made an ______ that it was white.

• inference

• fortunate

• paces

• analyze

What type of evidence is being used in this example: "In 2008, 7.3 million people died of heart disease."

• Anecdotal evidence

• Logical reasoning

• Empirical evidence

• Emotional appeal

Answer explanation

Empirical evidence is evidence that can be experienced or observed. 

Scientific research is considered empirical evidence.

Match the following type of evidence with its example

• A scientist speaking on climate change

• Expert opinions

• A personal story related to the topic

• Facts

• Information proven to be true

• Examples

• illustrations of an idea

• Statistics

• Percentages, averages, numerical data

• Anecdote

CHOOSE THE CORRECT SPELLING.

• EEVIDENCE

• EVEDENCE

• EVIDENCE

• EVEDINCE

When gathering evidence for an essay, which of the following is most important?

• A) Personal opinions

• B) Reliable sources

• C) Length of the essay

• D) Number of paragraphs

Which of the following sentences uses evidence correctly?

• A) I think it's true because I feel it is.

• B) According to the article, the event happened in 1999.

• C) Everyone knows it's true, so no evidence is needed.

• D) I heard it from a friend, so it must be true.

What is the primary purpose of gathering evidence in a research paper?

• A) To fill up space

• B) To support claims

• C) To confuse the reader

• D) To summarize the topic