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Textual Evidence

What is it and how do I use it?. Textual Evidence. Quotation from a text Paraphrase of a specific example from a text When trying to persuade your audience, you need evidence from reliable sources to convince your readers you know what you’re talking about and that they should listen to you. .

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Textual Evidence

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  1. What is it and how do I use it? Textual Evidence

  2. Quotation from a text Paraphrase of a specific example from a text When trying to persuade your audience, you need evidence from reliable sources to convince your readers you know what you’re talking about and that they should listen to you. Textual Evidence

  3. Option 1 You don’t always have to cite an entire sentence =) Example: Fitzgerald tells us that many people arrived at Gatsby's parties without an invitation, bringing with them only "a simplicity of heart that was its own ticket of admission" (Fitzgerald 41). So what are my options?

  4. Use a quotation identifier. Example: Jordan demonstrates little curiosity about Gatsby. When Nick asks her about their mysterious host, she replies simply, "He's just a man named Gatsby" (Roberston). The author writes, “He's just a man named Gatsby" (“Learning to Read”). Option 2

  5. When you name the author or the text before the quotation, just put the page number in () after the end “ and before the period. When talking about more than one article, if you do NOT name the author before the quotation, put the author’s last name and the page number (if there is one) in () after the end “ and before the period. No author? Put an abbreviated title of the article in () So I have to cite it?

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