https://www.khanacademy.org/ela/8th-grade-reading-and-vocabulary/x435b1de09a877dd7:key-ideas-and-details-8/x435b1de09a877dd7:citing-text-evidence-8/v/citing-evidence-in-literary-analysis-reading 2025-10-28T19:00:44.525264641Z Citing evidence in literary analysis In order to successfully build an argument about a text, you must make inferences and draw conclusions—and those must be built on the backs of evidence in the text. Let's talk about how to search for evidence-bearing details in text, and how to best derive support for the points you're trying to make, in the only way I know how: by talking about fictitious pirates. David Rheinstrom video https://cdn.kastatic.org/ka_thumbnails_cache/9a8696e6-69e7-47ca-941e-6629362b0603_1280_720_base.png Citing evidence in literary analysis In order to successfully build an argument about a text, you must make inferences and draw conclusions—and those must be built on the backs of evidence in the text. Let's talk about how to search for evidence-bearing details in text, and how to best derive support for the points you're trying to make, in the only way I know how: by talking about fictitious pirates. https://cdn.kastatic.org/ka-youtube-converted/Tq_BoPJsv-4.mp4/Tq_BoPJsv-4.mp4 320 Citing text evidence https://www.khanacademy.org/ela/8th-grade-reading-and-vocabulary/x435b1de09a877dd7:key-ideas-and-details-8/x435b1de09a877dd7:citing-text-evidence-8/a/supporting-ideas-with-text-evidence-8 2026-05-21T11:40:40.471298507Z Supporting ideas with text evidence | Guided practice Prove it! Learn how to support your ideas with strong evidence. article https://www.khanacademy.org/ela/8th-grade-reading-and-vocabulary/x435b1de09a877dd7:key-ideas-and-details-8/x435b1de09a877dd7:citing-text-evidence-8/e/text-evidence-8 2026-05-21T11:40:40.471298507Z Text evidence Practice text evidence Heather M. Meston exercise