8.3.2 - Effective Use of Evidence and Citation: Supporting Your Claims
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Practice Questions
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What is a textual evidence?
💡 Hint: Think about what you use to back up your ideas.
Name one reason to cite your sources.
💡 Hint: Consider why academic integrity is important.
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What does textual evidence refer to?
💡 Hint: Think about what supports an argument in writing.
Is citing sources important in academic writing?
💡 Hint: Consider the consequences of not citing sources.
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Challenge Problems
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Select a passage from a literary work and create a formal citation. Discuss how this evidence supports a specific thesis about character development.
💡 Hint: Recall the format for citations you’ve learned.
Write a brief paragraph analyzing a provided quote from a text, making sure to include context, integration, and depth of significance.
💡 Hint: Consider what the quote reveals beyond its surface meaning.
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