RAW: Finding Textual Evidences

TEXT EVIDENCE

• It is information that you find in the selection that helps you support your answer.

• It is any evidence from a fiction or nonfiction text that can be used to support ideas, arguments, opinions, and thoughts. When we cite textual evidence, we paraphrase, quote, or refer to the specific part of the text that we are using to back up or support our thoughts and ideas.

three methods of incorporating the writing of others into your paper as evidence

• quotation

• paraphrase

• summary

quotation

which is anything from a word to several sentences taken word-for-word from the original source and enclosed in quotation marks

paraphrase

which is a rephrasing in your own voice and sentence structure of one portion of the original source and is about the same length as the original sentence

summary

which is shorter version of the original source and gives the text’s central idea in your own words.

PROVE IT MEANING

P – Paragraph/passage

R – Reference

O – Offer support

V – View of author

E – Eyes can see

I – Inferences

T – Text feature

PARAGRAPH/PASSAGE

The evidence must be found somewhere in the passage.

REFERENCE

You should be able to locate a specific reference on the text.

 On page ___, …

 In paragraph, …

 In the section “___”, ...

 It says in paragraph ____ on page ___, that …

OFFER SUPPORT

• There must be a connection between the question and the evidence.

• Make sure the evidence actually supports your idea.

• Just because the evidence is in the selection, it does not mean it automatically supports any idea on the topic.

• The author shows this (what is asked in the question) by … (connection to the evidence)

• ”“I know because…”

• “The reason I think…is because…”

VIEW OF AUTHOR

• Provides the author’s view on the topic.

• Links back to what the author meant or author’s purpose.

• ‘The author stated…”

•  For instance, the author states…”

EYES CAN SEE

• Has to be something your eyes can physically see in the text.

• Something is directly stated that supports the idea.

• “The text directly states…”

• “In the text. It explicitly states…”

• “The text said …”

INFERENCES

• Making () is like being a detective.

• You must use clues from the text to figure something out because it was not stated completely in the text.

• You must also use your own knowledge to help

• “I think... because…  “I can infer from…that…

TEXT FEATURES

• are the different, specific characteristics in a text that help the reader understand the information better

• are parts of text that draw attention to important information.

PARTS OF TEXT FEATURES

• HEADINGS

• TITLES

• PHOTOGRAPHS

• CAPTIONS

• ILLUSTRATIONS

TITLE

The name of a text that is located on the front cover or at the beginning of a chapter; it tells what the content is mostly about.

HEADING

it introduce topics in the text. They are often written in bold print, large print, or colorful text

Bold and Italic print

• is print that is darker or brighter than the rest of the sentence. Authors use bold print to signal important information or new words.

• Authors use italic to signal important words, new ideas, or foreign words.

Photographs

They show real objects in real settings.

Illustrations

• are drawing. They are created by an artist. Illustrations can be very basic, or they can be very detailed.

• to show things from the past or simplify ideas

Captions

its found underneath illustrations or photographs. They explain what’s in the picture.

MAP

Shows where something or someone is located, as well as trends for a geographic area, like population; helps readers quickly understand the relative location or impact of something in the text

GRAPH

Condenses data and/ or displays numeric information important to the text; can be used to compare amounts or show changes over time

CHART/TABLE

Allows the reader to easily read and compare data related to the text

TIMELINE

Allows the reader to understand when events in the main body of text occurred relative to other events