Citing evidence in literary texts

Name: Citing evidence in literary texts
Uploaded: 2025-05-29
Duration: 4 min 2 s
Channel: Khan Academy
Description: 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.

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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.