Command of evidence: textual

Learning objectives

Restate the claim, hypothesis or prediction under discussion in your own words before evaluating the evidence choices

Select the finding or quotation that most directly supports the claim, distinguishing genuine support from mere relevance to the topic

Identify the evidence that would weaken or undermine a claim when the question asks for the opposite direction

Judge quotations from a literary work as evidence for a claim about a character, a theme or the author's technique

Decide which result of a described study or experiment would confirm or challenge the researchers' hypothesis

Reject choices that support a related but different claim or that merely restate the claim without evidence