Citing Textual Evidence Practice
📝 Worksheet medium ⏱️ 18 minutes 8 problems
Citing Textual Evidence Practice
Grade 6 English Language Arts LearnCrux.com
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Directions
- Fill in each blank carefully.
- Circle or mark the best answer for each multiple-choice question.
- Match each prompt to the best option before writing your answer.
- Use the larger space to show your thinking on word problems.
1. To point to proof from the text is to __ evidence.
2. Which support is strongest for a claim about a character’s fear?
3. Match the term to its meaning: paraphrase
Match with:
Answer:
4. A quote uses the author’s exact __.
5. Why should readers explain evidence after they give it?
6. Which sentence introduces evidence clearly?
7. One strong piece of evidence is often better than many weak __.
8. Why is evidence dumping weak writing?
📋 Teacher Answer Key
1. cite
2. a line where the character admits being afraid
3. restate the author’s idea in your own words
4. words
5. The explanation shows how the evidence supports the answer or claim
6. The author explains that the storm "rose faster than expected."
7. ones
8. Quotations without explanation do not show the reader how the proof connects to the point