Importance of Citing Text Evidence

The Importance of
Citing Text Evidence

BY: Angela Garrow

Table of Contents

● What is Citing?
● What is Text Evidence?
● How do I Cite evidence?
● How will citing evidence benefit me?

What is Citing?

Citing textual evidence requires
students to look back into the
text for evidence to support an
idea, answer a question or make
a claim. ... Students also need to
practice finding strong evidence
to support their ideas.

What is Text Evidence?

Textual evidence deals with facts
in writing and the strategies used
to figure out whether or not the
information is factual. ... Textual
evidence comes into play when
an author presents a position or
thesis and uses evidence to
support the claims.

How do I Cite evidence?

How will citing evidence benefit me?