How would you cite this text: A Concise History of Basketball — a book by Ralph Thomas, chapter 8, page 64.
(Thomas 64)
How do you prove someting?
Provide evidence for the validity of something with facts and examples.
What is a good transition/lead before your evidence?
The text says, According to the story, In the text...
True or False, You always put quotations around textual evidence?
True
What is Evidence?
Details or facts that support your an argument, main idea, or topic. Can be facts or opinions
Textual
Relating to or based on a text, this can be in a book, on paper, online, etc.
What type of evidence is this: Dr. Jones stated, "When students are given healthy options at school, they are more likely to eat a well-balanced meal."
quote from an expert
What is explicit? Like state explicitly on the board or explicitly in the text?
Precisely and clearly expressed or readily observable. Found as it is in the text.
What are supporting details?
Examples that supports the main idea of any particular topic
Give 3 examples of a text.
book, newspaper, journal article, website, court document, etc.
What is it called if you do not put quotes around someone else's work or cite it?
plagiarism
True or false: When paraphrasing an event from a story or retelling an idea from a text, you have to a use citation at the end
True
What is paraphrasing?
express the meaning of (the writer or speaker or something written or spoken) using different words, especially to achieve greater clarity.
What does it mean to cite?
Make reference to, providing a last name and page number where a detail is found explicitly in the text
Claim or Evidence: Dogs make better pets than cats.
Claim
What does it mean to make an inference?
Using logical judgement to draw a conclusion based on pieces or parts observed
Describe a conclusion.
The act of making up your mind about something and making a final decision. Found at the end of a paper, argument, speech.
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