week 2

• Textual Evidence

  proof of an argument or claim

  cited in a text leading to a

  conclusion
• Textual Evidence

  Evidence is required in both

  writing and daily conversations.
• Included in textual evidence

  -facts and statistics

  -opinion from experts

  -personal anecdotes
• Characteristics of a good evidence

  -unified

  -relevant to the central point

  -specific and concrete

  -accurate
• Quotation

  getting information from text

  word-for-word
• Paraphrasing

  rephrasing in your

  own words
• Summarizing

  shortening by stating

  the main idea of the

  text.