TEXT EVIDENCE
The skill of finding proof in the text to support your answer.
What is text evidence?
The lesson or message in a story.
What is theme?
The bear yells, “Run!”
Everyone leaves the cave.
What did the dialogue do?
Propelled the action.
“The clouds cried.”
What does it mean?
It rained.
“I walked to school.”
What POV?
First person.
Story: “Marcus slammed his book shut and groaned.”
What can you infer?
Marcus is frustrated or upset.
A bunny keeps practicing riding a bike and finally succeeds.
What is the theme?
Practice and perseverance lead to success.
The bear warns everyone about danger.
What character trait is revealed?
Protective.
“The puppy was so frail that it could barely walk.”
What does frail mean?
Weak.
The narrator knows only Sally’s thoughts.
What POV?
Third person limited.
“Penguins cannot fly.”
What evidence proves penguins cannot fly?
“Penguins cannot fly.”
What is an objective summary?
A brief summary that includes only facts from the text.
A character decides to apologize after hurting a friend.
What happened?
An event provoked a decision.
“It’s raining cats and dogs.”
What type of figurative language is this?
Idiom.
The narrator knows everyone’s thoughts.
What POV?
Third person omniscient.
Why is text evidence important?
It proves or supports your answer.
Which belongs in an objective summary?
A. “I loved the story.”
B. Important events from the text
Important events from the text.
What does “propel the action” mean?
Push the story forward.
A farmer whose crops are flooded says, “Perfect weather!”
What type of figurative language?
Verbal irony
The reader knows where the cookies are hidden, but the brother doesn’t.
What literary device?
Dramatic irony.
Story: “Sarah’s hands shook as she stepped onto the stage.”
What inference can be made?
Sarah is nervous.
How does a theme develop?
Through characters, events, and plot over time.
A character lies and later loses a friend.
How did the event affect the plot?
It caused a consequence and moved the story forward.
“A kind heart is a lantern in the dark.”
What type of figurative language?
Metaphor.
Why does dramatic irony create suspense?
The reader knows something the character does not know.