Lesson 3: Determine Textual Evidence
Reading is not only limited by being able to recognize what is in the text. Most importantly, you will be able to comprehend what the
writer is saying through the text. Reading skill like determining textual evidence to validate assertions and counterclaims made about a text
read and the like must be learned and eventually mastered. The relevance of homing your skill in the English language in general plays a very
important role before engaging yourself in the workforce, in business entrepreneurship or to any life’s venture in the future.
WHAT IS TEXTUAL EVIDENCE?
Text evidence refers to any proof of an argument, a claim, a counterclaim, a contention, or an assertion cited in the text leading to a
conclusion. Inciting textual evidence, you need to quote, paraphrase or refer to the very specific part of the text where you can use to support
your own thoughts and ideas.
What you need to determine textual evidence?
The need to answer questions after reading a text and or to share our ideas enables us to go back to what we have read and give
evidence from it to prove that you are not just manufacturing your thoughts. Oftentimes, when we you are asked about how nice a movie was,
you need to cite part or parts of the movie which could support your thoughts that it was indeed a very nice movie worthy to be watched.
What you are doing is using textual evidence.
Example:
Eric often gets wet on Saturdays. He wakes up 6 o’clock in the morning and goes straight to the faucet. He prepares a basin, a soup, shampoo
and a stool. One by one, he calls out his fur friends for the Saturday morning “ritual”.
Question: Based on the text, what is Eric’s work on Saturday mornings?
a. Washes clothes
b. Cooks for breakfast
c. Bath his pets
d. Preparing for work
Textual Evidence: One by one, he calls out his fur friends for the Saturday morning “ritual”.
Unlocking Difficulty
Text is something that is written to express a person’s view, feelings thoughts, emotion etc.
Evidence refers to the proof of an argument, a claim, a counterclaim, a contention, or an assertion cited in the text leading to a conclusion.
Textual Evidence is citing proof from the text in the reading.
Reading is not only limited by being able to recognize what is in the text. Most importantly, you will be able to comprehend what the
writer is saying through the text. Reading skill like determining textual evidence to validate assertions and counterclaims made about a text
read and the like must be learned and eventually mastered. The relevance of homing your skill in the English language in general plays a very
important role before engaging yourself in the workforce, in business entrepreneurship or to any life’s venture in the future.
WHAT IS TEXTUAL EVIDENCE?
Text evidence refers to any proof of an argument, a claim, a counterclaim, a contention, or an assertion cited in the text leading to a
conclusion. Inciting textual evidence, you need to quote, paraphrase or refer to the very specific part of the text where you can use to support
your own thoughts and ideas.
What you need to determine textual evidence?
The need to answer questions after reading a text and or to share our ideas enables us to go back to what we have read and give
evidence from it to prove that you are not just manufacturing your thoughts. Oftentimes, when we you are asked about how nice a movie was,
you need to cite part or parts of the movie which could support your thoughts that it was indeed a very nice movie worthy to be watched.
What you are doing is using textual evidence.
Example:
Eric often gets wet on Saturdays. He wakes up 6 o’clock in the morning and goes straight to the faucet. He prepares a basin, a soup, shampoo
and a stool. One by one, he calls out his fur friends for the Saturday morning “ritual”.
Question: Based on the text, what is Eric’s work on Saturday mornings?
a. Washes clothes
b. Cooks for breakfast
c. Bath his pets
d. Preparing for work
Textual Evidence: One by one, he calls out his fur friends for the Saturday morning “ritual”.
Unlocking Difficulty
Text is something that is written to express a person’s view, feelings thoughts, emotion etc.
Evidence refers to the proof of an argument, a claim, a counterclaim, a contention, or an assertion cited in the text leading to a conclusion.
Textual Evidence is citing proof from the text in the reading.
