4TH

QUARTER
Week 2, Day 1
What do you think is the importance
of presenting a textual evidence?
 When writing a certain text, you actually act
like a detective. Your paper is the crime scene.
You have your own suspect, which is your
stand on your paper. You need to look for
evidences to prove your stand. The several
articles, books, journals, essays, and other
writings that you have to read are your
witnesses that you have to scrutinize for you
to find out who is telling the truth. Once you
find out who is telling the truth, the most
reliable and relevant one, you will have a
strong TEXTUAL EVIDENCE in your paper.
Determining Textual
Evidence
Text and Context Connections
 The Importance of Nonverbal Communication
Nonverbal communication plays a very important part in the field of communication.
The sender’s emotion and real thoughts can be read by their nonverbal action that is why
having this nonverbal communication skill-both the sender and receiver- is a very important
factor when interacting with other people.
The study entitled “Impact of Nonverbal Communication on Students Learning
outcomes’ by Butt (2009) concluded that, “teachers made the learning environment active
through their non-verbal communication whereby students felt alert in the classrooms and
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participated in the learning process, which consequently enhanced the level of their retention
and understanding.
CLAIM?
In addition, Lucas (2007) said that ‘in speech delivery is a matter of nonverbal
communication. It is not based on words, but on how the speaker used his voice and body to
convey the message expressed by his words. There is a great deal of research on nonverbal
communication in general and on speech delivery in particular. That speech or a daily
conversation-is a powerful influenced by the speaker’s nonverbal communication.’
What is a TEXTUAL EVIDENCE?

Evidences: The details given by the author

to support his/her claim.
 What is a TEXTUAL EVIDENCE?

The textual evidence usually tales the forms of facts,

statistics, anecdotes, paraphrases, examples or
illustrations, expert testimony or quotations, and
graphical evidence like charts and tables. Writers
sometimes quote textual evidence directly, taking a
selection word-for-word their source.
What is the importance of looking for a textual evidence?

• Text evidence is used to support claims propositions,

assertions, themes and many other types of ideas.
• It support reasons, assertion and claims with lines or
citation from the text.
Consider the following when looking for a textual
evidence:

Relevance
Sufficiency
Sourcing
Credibility
Accuracy and Verifiability
Consider the following when looking for a textual
evidence:

Relevance–
Assessing whether the evidence is
appropriately topical and timely.
Consider the following when looking for a textual
evidence:

Sufficiency–
Accounting for all evidence, including
counterarguments, alternative perspective,
and/ or conflicting reports.
Consider the following when looking for a textual
evidence:

Sourcing–
Noting the author (including his or her
intentions) and context of the evidence.
Consider the following when looking for a textual
evidence:

Credibility–
Considering whether the source of the
evidence offers expertise on the subject.
Consider the following when looking for a textual
evidence:

Accuracy and Verifiability–

Judging whether the evidence is valid
and trustworthy.
Consider the following when looking for a textual
evidence:

Relevance
Sufficiency
Sourcing
Credibility
Accuracy and Verifiability
EXERCISE
Test of Relevance: Yes or No

Thesis Statement: Exposure to violent games affects one’s physical

and psychological state
1. In one study, students who were more addicted to video games
were more likely to be in a bad mood before, during, and after
play that non-addicted students.

--Relevant
Test of Relevance: Yes or No

Thesis Statement: Exposure to violent games affects one’s physical

and psychological state
1. According to study conducted on August 2001, playing
videogames everyday affects one’s ability to socialize.

--Not relevant
Test of Relevance: Yes or No

Thesis Statement: Exposure to violent games affects one’s physical

and psychological state
1. A study conducted last year shows that breast milk is the best
way to give our child a well-developed brain and higher IQ.

--Not relevant
Test of Sufficiency: Yes or No

Evidences addresses the argument of the opposing side.

Yes
Evidences gives enough information to support the argument.
Yes
Evidences are timely and from experts’ research
No (relevance and credibility)
Test of Sourcing: Yes or No

Thesis Statement: Exposure to violent games affects one’s physical

and psychological state
1. According to study conducted on August 2001, playing
videogames everyday affects one’s ability to socialize.

--No, what study?

Test of Sourcing: Yes or No

Thesis Statement: Exposure to violent games affects one’s physical

and psychological state
1. According to Walsh (2016), 79% of high school and college
students now play computer or video games in a daily basis.

--Yes
Test of Credibility: Yes or No

Thesis Statement: Exposure to violent games affects one’s physical

and psychological state
1. According to Walsh of the National Institute of Media and the
Family (2016), 79% of high school and college students now
play computer or video games in a daily basis.

--Yes
Test of Accuracy and Verifiability
: Yes or No

Thesis Statement: Exposure to violent games affects one’s physical

and psychological state
1. According to Walsh of the National Institute of Media and the
Family (2016), 79% of high school and college students now
play computer or video games in a daily basis.

--No