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TEXTUAL EVIDENCE

Textual evidence is information gathered from the text that supports your assertion or
counterclaim about the text. Textual evidence is required when you draw conclusions, make
inference, and make prediction about the text. Moreover, in formulating assertions and
counterclaims about a text, it is important that you substantiate your statements with textual
evidence.

Following are the ways in expressing your judgment about a text:State your idea about
the text.Determine evidence from the text by looking for clues and keywords that support
your idea about the text.Quote or paraphrase the part of the text that helped you come up
with your idea.Use quotation marks to quote a part of the text. If it is from a book, indicate the
page number at the end of your sentence.Express how the quote supports your idea.

Types of Textual Evidence

1.Paraphrasing is restating the text in your own words.

2.Summarizing is restating the text in a shorter way using your own words.

3.Referencing is mentioning a specific section of the text.

4.Quoting is stating a part of a text in the exact way it was written.

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