When answering a text-dependent question, what should you do after identifying evidence?

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When answering a text-dependent question, what should you do after identifying evidence?

After identifying evidence, the important next step is to explain how that evidence supports your answer. This means linking a specific detail from the text to your claim and showing the reasoning that makes the connection clear. Briefly state what the evidence shows and then interpret it in relation to the question, clarifying why it proves the point you’re making about the text. This demonstrates you’re grounding your conclusion in textual support, not just guessing. Simply quoting more lines by itself doesn’t establish the connection to your argument, and ignoring the evidence or providing unrelated background would miss the requirement to justify your answer with text-based reasoning.

After identifying evidence, the important next step is to explain how that evidence supports your answer. This means linking a specific detail from the text to your claim and showing the reasoning that makes the connection clear. Briefly state what the evidence shows and then interpret it in relation to the question, clarifying why it proves the point you’re making about the text. This demonstrates you’re grounding your conclusion in textual support, not just guessing. Simply quoting more lines by itself doesn’t establish the connection to your argument, and ignoring the evidence or providing unrelated background would miss the requirement to justify your answer with text-based reasoning.

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