Collecting and presenting textual evidence in support of an argument is an important skill. Let’s say you’ve been asked to write a literary analysis essay on the theme of justice in The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle. In about 150 words, collect at least three specific examples from the text and explain why each is relevant to the paper’s thematic topic of justice.

The body of a literary essay is used to explain your ideas, while providing evidence to support those ideas.
The best kind of evidence comes from specific references to the text itself.
Writers must make sure that their evidence must be clearly explained because evidence must be defending a thesis or claim throughout the paper.
Using literary terms can make talking about literature easier and show your reader you know what you’re talking about.

Read the passages below and complete the instructions that follow. argument’s conclusion: governments should legally ban restaurants from offering toys as an incentive to families to buy food with high amounts of sugar, fat, or sodium. counterargument: if the government educated parents about the health effects of food with high amounts of sugar, fat, or sodium, then parents would not feed their kids food with high amounts of sugar, fat, or sodium. rebuttal: even if parents have the knowledge they need to make the right decision, it’s difficult to do so if restaurants can use marketing techniques such as popular toys to attract customers. educating parents combined with regulating restaurants can families make healthier decisions. put the counterargument and rebuttal above into paragraph format. add signal words to properly guide the reader.