Text evidence & how used to draw conclusions.

• A. Information that supports points that lead to a conclusion.
• B. Personal opinions and anecdotes.
• C. Random facts from memory.
• D. None of the above.

Answer: (A)

Text evidence is information from the text, such as details, quotes, or facts, that supports a claim or conclusion you make about what’s happening, what a character is feeling, or what the author is showing. When you draw a conclusion, you back it up with specific parts of the text and then explain how those parts connect to your idea. That shows your interpretation is grounded in the reading, not just your opinion.

In this item, the description of text evidence as information that supports points leading to a conclusion matches how you should use evidence: you pull a detail from the text and explain how it supports the conclusion you’re making.

Personal opinions and anecdotes aren’t provided by the text itself, and random facts from memory aren’t drawn from the text either, so they don’t serve as text evidence to support a conclusion. None of the above would miss the essential idea that conclusions should be supported with text-based details.