Finding Text Evidence to Support

Prove

IT:

What is Text Evidence?

• Information you find in the selection that helps support your answer• Taken WORD FOR WORD exactly

as it is written • Place QUOTATON MARKS “…”

around the evidence

Evidence

How do you find text evidence?

P ---- PAGE/PARAGRAPH/PASSAGE

R ---- REFERENCE the specific location

O ---- OFFERS support

V ---- VIEW of author

E ---- EYE can see it

I --- INFERENCES

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P ---- PASSAGE

The evidence must be found somewhere in the PASSAGE

It could be in just one PARAGRAPH

It could be several places throughout the PASSAGE

Don’t stop with the first piece of evidence you find

Sometimes the best supporting piece of evidence

comes later in the text

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R ---- REFERENCE the specific location

You should be able to REFERENCE a specific section of the

text

On page _____, …..

In paragraph, ……

In the section “ ______”,

It says in paragraph _____ on page ____, that….

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O ---- OFFERS SupportThere 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 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 _____”

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V ---- VIEW of authorProvides 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….”

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E ---- EYE can see it

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 ….”

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I --- INFERENCESMaking INFERENCES is like being a reading 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 _______”

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T --- TEXT FEATURES

“The illustration shows….”

“The graphic showed …”

“Based on the section _____,”

“According to the title,”

Text Features help the reader understand the text

Title

Headings

Charts, Tables, Graphs

Illustrations

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Example

The RhinocerosBy Oliver Herford

SO this is the Rhi-no-ce-ros!I won-der why he looks so cross.Per-haps he is an-noyed a bitBe-cause his cloth-ing does not fit.(They say he got it read-y made!)It is not that, I am a-fraid.He looks so cross be-cause I drewHim with one horn in-stead of two.Well, since he cares so much for style,Let's give him two and see him smile.

QUESTION: How does the Rhinoceros look at the beginning of the poem?

Answer: UpsetEvidence: The author states, “he looks so cross.” We know that cross means angry or mad. The author has DIRECTLY stated that the Rhinoceros looks cross.

ExampleThe Happy Sheepby Wilfred Thorley

All through the night the happy sheepLie in the meadow grass asleep.Their wool keeps out the frost and rainUntil the sun comes round again.They have no buttons to undo,Nor hair to brush like me and you.And with the light they lift their headsTo find their breakfast on their beds,Or rise and walk about and eatThe carpet underneath their feet.

QUESTION: What is the setting of the poem?

Answer: in the meadow/at nightEvidence: The author states, “All through the night, the happy sheep/Lie in the meadow grass.” The author has DIRECTLY stated the setting of the meadow at night.

ExampleTrade Rats

by Ethel Twycross FosterThe little clock struck twelve; all were sleeping soundly, the tent flap was rolled away, and a streak of moonlight stretched half across the floor. Mary and her mother lay on a bunk, and beyond the partition one could hear the even breathing of father and cousin Jack. All else was still save the occasional cry of a night hawk or the far distant call of a coyote.Slowly, cautiously, stealthily into this silence crept a tiny object. Its sharp black eyes flashed fire in the moonlight, and in its small mouth it carefully carried a cactus burr. “Pst! Mary, did you hear something?” It was cousin Jack’s hoarse whisper that broke thesilence and awakened Mary from a beautiful dream, and her eyes popped open wide. She snuggled closer to Mother and stared into the moonlight. All she could hear was a funny little scratching sound unlike any she had ever heard around camp, and she knew not what it meant. None of her little animal friends made a noise like that.Jack was out of bed, had lighted a candle and, in his pajamas, was searching under bunks, tables, and chairs for the thing that had caused the noise. Mary sat up in bed in time to hear a swift, rustling sound and see a small object dart out of the tent door. Jack knew it would do no good to search outside, so he tumbled back into bed and once more all was still.The next morning at breakfast all were wondering who the strange visitor could have been, but soon the incident was forgotten. Toward noon, Mary went to a vacant bunk where she kept her clothes and picked up her new doll. She removed its dress and looked about for a little red wool gown, of which she was very fond, for the day was chilly and it looked like rain. But the gown was gone; high and low she looked, but find it she could not. At last, tired out with searching, she fell asleep, and the pretty lost gown remained a mystery.

Example

QUESTION: What was the reason that Mary could not find the doll’s gown?

Answer: Whatever had been in the house during the night had taken itEvidence: The reader must INFER from the clues in the text Clues:

Jacks hears something and awakens MaryMary heard a scratching sound like she had never heard before

Mary had heard a swift, rustling sound and something dart out the door The doll’s gown was missing

ExampleTrade Rats

by Ethel Twycross FosterThe little clock struck twelve; all were sleeping soundly, the tent flap was rolled away, and a streak of moonlight stretched half across the floor. Mary and her mother lay on a bunk, and beyond the partition one could hear the even breathing of father and cousin Jack. All else was still save the occasional cry of a night hawk or the far distant call of a coyote.Slowly, cautiously, stealthily into this silence crept a tiny object. Its sharp black eyes flashed fire in the moonlight, and in its small mouth it carefully carried a cactus burr. “Pst! Mary, did you hear something?” It was cousin Jack’s hoarse whisper that broke thesilence and awakened Mary from a beautiful dream, and her eyes popped open wide. She snuggled closer to Mother and stared into the moonlight. All she could hear was a funny little scratching sound unlike any she had ever heard around camp, and she knew not what it meant. None of her little animal friends made a noise like that.Jack was out of bed, had lighted a candle and, in his pajamas, was searching under bunks, tables, and chairs for the thing that had caused the noise. Mary sat up in bed in time to hear a swift, rustling sound and see a small object dart out of the tent door. Jack knew it would do no good to search outside, so he tumbled back into bed and once more all was still.The next morning at breakfast all were wondering who the strange visitor could have been, but soon the incident was forgotten. Toward noon, Mary went to a vacant bunk where she kept her clothes and picked up her new doll. She removed its dress and looked about for a little red wool gown, of which she was very fond, for the day was chilly and it looked like rain. But the gown was gone; high and low she looked, but find it she could not. At last, tired out with searching, she fell asleep, and the pretty lost gown remained a mystery.