TEXT EVIDENCE
This is information that is directly stated in the text.
➡️ Answer: What is explicit evidence?
An inference is best described as this.
➡️ Answer: What is a logical conclusion based on evidence and background knowledge?
Strong inferences should be supported by this many pieces of evidence.
➡️ Answer: What is two or more?
This sentence starter helps explain how evidence supports an inference.
➡️ Answer: What is “This shows that…”?
A sentence or detail from the text that supports an idea or answer.
➡️ Answer: What is textual evidence?
If a text says employees practice before working alone, you might infer this about their confidence.
➡️ Answer: What is they feel more prepared?
Which is stronger: one strong detail or multiple relevant details?
➡️ Answer: What are multiple relevant details?
This writing mistake happens when students list evidence without explaining it.
➡️ Answer: What is summary without analysis?
When you use exact words from the text and put them in quotation marks, you are doing this.
➡️ Answer: What is quoting the text?
This must be combined with text clues to make a strong inference.
➡️ Answer: What is background knowledge?
This explains how evidence connects to your inference.
➡️ Answer: What is analysis?
A strong explanation does BOTH of these things.
➡️ Answer: What are states evidence and explains how it supports the inference?
This means restating information from the text in your own words.
➡️ Answer: What is paraphrasing?
An inference that is NOT supported by evidence is considered this.
➡️ Answer: What is an unsupported claim?
Choosing evidence that directly supports your idea instead of random details shows this skill.
➡️ Answer: What is relevance?
This academic verb means “to prove or support an idea with evidence.”
➡️ Answer: What is justify?