Citing Textual

Evidence as Support
At the end of the meeting the learner
would be able to:
• Understand what is textual evidence and its importance;
• Cite textual evidence;
• Identify the differences of citing, paraphrasing, and quoting
Arrange the words!
Textual Evidence
- means details, facts, events
(information) provided in a text to
support an inference, a main point, a
claim or a conclusion.
-It is “the proof” from the author or
writer of a text to support or back up our
facts and opinions.
 “The rain forest is home to many creatures. Monkeys,
birds, reptiles, amphibians and mammals live in the
rain forest. Butterflies and anteaters also live in the
forest.”
General Statement Text Evidence

Monkeys,
“The rain
birds,
forest is
amphibians
home to
and
many
mammals
creatures.”
live in the
forest.
The Importance of Finding Evidence Textual evidence may consist of:
Why are we searching and citing evidence?
Ways on how evidence helps us: Direct quotation (exact words from
1.Text evidence is necessary to support the text)
discussions about a text with friends,
classmates, or teachers. Paraphrase (text in your own words)
2. Providing text evidence helps us double
check our own answers for accuracy. Citing (showing the source of
3. Providing text evidence makes our evidence or where the evidence
answers valid and reliable. comes from)
4. The ability to find and cite text evidence
is a life-long skill that will help students
throughout school and in their career
choice.
Dolphins have sophisticated communication capabilities that allow
them to exchange information with other members of their pod.

Example: Example:
According to the author, The author writes, “Dolphins have
dolphins are able to sophisticated communication
communicate with one another. capabilities that allow them to
This is just one sign of their exchange information with other
intelligence. members of their pod.”

Two Ways to Use Evidence from a Text

1. Paraphrase 2. Direct Quote
1. Write the evidence from the text 1. Use the exact words from the text.
in your own words.
2. Quotation marks are needed
2. Quotation marks are not needed. around the exact words from the
text.
B. Using QUOTES- How to quote?

1. Find a detail or fact from the text that supports your main point or
main idea.
2. Copy the sentence exactly the way it is written in the text.
3. Show that you are using a direct quote by using quotation marks
around the copied words.
4. Provide credit by citing the author or the text.
 Example
Quote it:
The country’s contact tracing czar, Baguio City Mayor
Magalong said, “The seriousness of this pandemic is
something that we should not take for granted."
Cite it:
In Metro Manila CNN Philippines news, the country’s contact
tracing czar Baguio City Mayor Benjamin Magalong said that
the seriousness of this pandemic is something that we
should not take for granted.
Paraphrase it:
According to Magalong, the country’s contact tracing czar of
Baguio City said that the seriousness of this pandemic is
something that we should not take for granted.
To get the most out of your reading, you must analyze texts
to understand what they say directly and make (1)
_______________ about what they say indirectly. When
you find (2) _________________ to make and support your
answer or inferences, you’ll find you won’t get stuck in
trying to figure out what a text is saying. To give proof to
your main point or claim, citing (3) ________________
helps us double check our own answers for accuracy and
makes these valid and (4) _______________. To provide
support or evidence from the text, this can be done by (5)
_______________, (6) __________________ and citing the
source of evidences.
 Original Text
1. He has tons of stuff to throw
away.
2. Symptoms of influenza include
fever and nasal congestion.
Paraphrase
A. He needs to get rid of a lot of junk.
B. He keeps unwanted things.
A. A stuffy nose and elevated temperature are signs
of having flu.
B. Having fever and cough are signs of illness.

3. Any trip to Baguio City should A. Visit also La Trinidad and buy strawberries if you
include a visit to La Trinidad to go to Baguio City.
sample the region's strawberry B. Be sure to make time for La Trinidad winetasting
wines. experience when visiting Baguio City.

4.At the cruise, you can enjoy the A. You would love to see natural vistas during a
natural scenery. cruise.
B. There are many natural sceneries when you are
at the cruise.
5.Every year, thousands of tourists A. Niagara Falls is so beautiful.
visit Niagara Falls. B. Niagara Falls is visited by thousands of people
every year.
Page 7: Additional Activity
Task: Finding Support
Recall what you have learned before about social media.
Use your notes/modules and what you learned as your
proof to answer the question.
*Write evidences at least for sentences to support this
general statement - Social Media is Useful. Use the
introductory phrases on page 8 of your module, like
According to the text……, The author stated ….., Based on
the article….