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Text evidence sentence starters
This 7th-grade classroom material helps students practice using sentence starters to introduce quotes and explain evidence from texts. Students learn to identify appropriate starters for presenting direct quotes and for clarifying how evidence supports their answers.
By Edform · English language arts · Grade 7 · Published Oct 15, 2026 · New
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Questions
- Which sentence starter best introduces a direct quote from a text?
- Select ALL sentence starters that are appropriate for explaining how evidence supports your answer.
- Complete the sentence with the missing word in this phrase that introduces evidence: According ___ the text, "the main character was nervous."
- Choose the best option to complete the sentence: ___, the main idea is that hard work leads to success.
- Put the steps for citing textual evidence in the correct order.
- Match each sentence starter to its purpose.
- Sort the sentence starters into the correct categories.
- Decide if each statement about citing textual evidence is true or false.
- Write one sentence starter you could use to introduce a quote from a text.
- Which sentence best explains how evidence supports an answer?
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