https://www.khanacademy.org/ela/5th-grade-reading-and-vocab/xb350e60168d6e96f:key-ideas-and-details-5/xb350e60168d6e96f:quoting-text-evidence-5/v/g5-citing-evidence-in-literary-text 2025-06-24T19:54:02.652040184Z Citing evidence in literary texts Let's say that you were reading a story, and you wanted to prove to me that the main character was brave. How would you actually go about doing that? How do you prove that an idea you have about a text makes sense? In a word: evidence! In five words: evidence from the text itself. David Rheinstrom video https://cdn.kastatic.org/ka_thumbnails_cache/921cec71-a28c-45fc-a097-827972496e0b_1280_720_base.png Citing evidence in literary texts Let's say that you were reading a story, and you wanted to prove to me that the main character was brave. How would you actually go about doing that? How do you prove that an idea you have about a text makes sense? In a word: evidence! In five words: evidence from the text itself. https://cdn.kastatic.org/ka-youtube-converted/GO97JDR3C7Q.mp4/GO97JDR3C7Q.mp4 242 Quoting text evidence https://www.khanacademy.org/ela/5th-grade-reading-and-vocab/xb350e60168d6e96f:key-ideas-and-details-5/xb350e60168d6e96f:quoting-text-evidence-5/a/choosing-text-evidence-to-support-ideas-5 2026-05-21T11:40:40.471298507Z Choosing text evidence to support ideas | Guided practice Learn how to find the best text evidence to support your ideas. article https://www.khanacademy.org/ela/5th-grade-reading-and-vocab/xb350e60168d6e96f:key-ideas-and-details-5/xb350e60168d6e96f:quoting-text-evidence-5/a/quoting-from-a-text-5 2026-05-21T11:40:40.471298507Z Quoting from a text | Guided practice Learn how to correctly add quotations from a text to your own writing. article https://www.khanacademy.org/ela/5th-grade-reading-and-vocab/xb350e60168d6e96f:key-ideas-and-details-5/xb350e60168d6e96f:quoting-text-evidence-5/e/text-evidence-5 2026-05-21T11:40:40.471298507Z Text evidence Practice text evidence Heather M. Meston exercise