Determining Textual Evidence to Validate Assertions and Counterclaims Made About a Text Read

Question 1

-Information stated in a given text that is used to support inferences, claims and assertions
-Considered the basis of argument and analysis in the composition of a critical analysis paper.

Answer 1

Textual Evidence

Question 2

Textual Evidence can be stated by….

Answer 2

Explicit and Inferred

Question 3

1) Read and understand the question or claim.
2) Closely read the text to find the answer.
3) Note inferences and quotations from the passage that
support the answer or claim.
4) Analyze the evidence. How does this textual evidence
support a claim or idea from the passage? What makes this
evidence strong?

Answer 3

Strategies/Steps in Locating Textual Evidences

Question 4

1. Making a reference to the author or the text
2. Paraphrasing the author by telling about the ideas or story
   in your own words
3. Directly quoting from the text

Answer 4

Ways on How to State Textual Evidences

Question 5

1. The title of an article in a journal, newspaper or magazine,
   or the title of a television show episode is placed between
   quotation marks.
2. The title of a book, magazine, television series, or movie is
   underlined (or italicized).

Answer 5

Stating Textual Evidences

Question 6

A confident and forceful statement of fact or belief

Answer 6

Assertion

Question 7

Basic, Emphatic, Escalating, and Language

Answer 7

Types of Assertion

Question 8

A simple and straightforward statement for expressing feelings, opinions, and beliefs and usually a simple “I want” or “I feel” statement

Answer 8

Basic Assertion

Question 9

-Conveys sympathy to someone; usually has two parts:
a. encompasses recognition of the feelings or situations of the other person
b. shows support for the other person’s viewpoint, feelings, or rights

Answer 9

Emphatic Assertion

Question 10

Occurs when someone is not able to give a response to a person’s basic assertions, and therefore, that person becomes firm about him or her and may include the mention of resulting action on the speaker’s part.

Answer 10

Escalating Assertion

Question 11

Involves the first-person pronoun “I,” and is useful for expressing negative feelings; it constructively lays emphasis on a person’s feelings of anger.

Answer 11

Language Assertion

Question 12

-The opposition you make about the claim of a writer.
-Claims made to rebut a previous claim, alternative views, the other side of the argument

Answer 12

Counterclaim

Question 13

A word or phrase that minimizes negative impact of a criticism.

Answer 13

Hedge

Question 14

may, could, would, etc.

Answer 14

Modals

Question 15

usually, generally, commonly

Answer 15

Frequency Adverbs

Question 16

probably, possibly, presumably

Answer 16

Probability Adverbs