Citing evidence to support a general claim.

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Cite Evidence
to Support a
General
Statement

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EVIDENCE
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Learning
Objectives:  Define evidence, general idea
and supporting details.
 Identify the main idea and
supporting details of a
paragraph.
 Identify the different strategies
in finding and citing the main
idea and textual evidence.
 Cite evidence to support a
general statement.

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WHAT IS AN EVIDENCE?
It is something
that gives proof
or leads to a
conclusion.

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TOPIC
The topic is the core of the
paragraph and is anchored
with the main idea. It usually
answers the question, "Who or
what is the selection about?" or
"What is the idea expressed in
the paragraph?"

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EXAMPLE:
Yesterday was my birthday. When I woke
up, I noticed my brother Jun hung up a big sign
that said, “Happy Birthday, Joey!” Mom made a
spaghetti for dinner. It’s my favorite food in the
whole world. My friend David came over and
handed me a wrapped gift. I wondered what it
was. It was a new basketball! I had a great day.
TOPIC:
GENERAL
STATEMENT:

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STRATEGIES IN IDENTIFYING THE MAIN IDEA
1. Identify the topic of the
entire sentence.
2. Find the topic sentence.

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Example 1:
Bulacan is officially called as
the “Land of the Heroes”. In an article
written by Allison (2020), Bulacan was
given such title because many famous
heroes in Philippine history were born
in this province. Some of these heroes
were Francisco Balagtas, Marcelo H. Del
Pilar, and Gregorio Del Pilar.

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Example 2:
Even though how often we clean,
we can always see and get a lot of dust
in different parts of our homes. Dust is
everywhere. These particles stay on any
still objects like bookshelves, furniture,
windows, floors, and others.(Pado
et.al.2018)

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Example 3:
Dust have been found to be a
mix of different things like animal
fur, food, clothing fiber, soil, dead
insects, beddings, and other
chemicals. These are some common
elements of dust particles.

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SUPPORTING DETAILS
The supporting details
give all the necessary information
to answer the WH questions
(who, what, why, where, and
how). Textual evidence such as
facts, data, examples, and other
specifics guide the readers to a
full understanding of the written
composition are usually
indicated in these sentences.
The supporting
details are also
called
TEXTUAL
EVIDENCE.

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Example :
Bulacan is officially called as
the “Land of the Heroes”. In an article
written by Allison (2020), Bulacan was
given such title because many famous
heroes in Philippine history were born
in this province. Some of these heroes
were Francisco Balagtas, Marcelo H. Del
Pilar, and Gregorio Del Pilar.
Topic
General Statement
How about the supporting details?

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STRATEGIES IN CITING THE
SUPPORTING SENTENCES/
TEXTUAL EVIDENCES

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DIRECT QUOTATION
It means repeating
the exact and direct
statement of the author
and enclosing it in a
quotation mark.

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PARAPHRASE
It is a rewritten
author’s statement or
idea using your own
words and keeping the
same length as the
original.

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SUMMARY
It is the shortened
text of an author using
your own words. In
summarizing, you need to
state only the important
points of the writer to
shorten the original text.

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 If you identified the topic
sentence of a text, it means you
already found the main idea.
 The main idea of a text is also the
general statement of the reading
material.
 Supporting details are also called
textual evidence that describe,
explain, and prove that the main
idea is true.