Passage: "Dev checked the lock. The porch light buzzed. Rain ran off the gutter. He had checked it at noon, and again before he left for work." Which sentence best supports the claim that Dev's lock-checking is a habit?

Passage: "Ms. Oyelaran read the roster twice. The projector fan hummed. She wrote each name in the margin. When Tobi corrected her, she crossed her note out and wrote the new one." Which line proves that she revises her notes when a student corrects her?

Passage: "The gym smelled of floor wax. Nadia's last shot rimmed out. Her jersey hung off one shoulder. She stayed after the buzzer and shot until the lights went off, as she had on Tuesday and Thursday." Which sentence shows the extra practice is routine?

Passage: "Grandpa kept the receipts in a shoebox. The tape on the lid had yellowed. He could name the price of a gallon of milk in 1974 without opening it. The radio played low." Which line supports the claim that he recalls old prices exactly?

Passage: "The bus left at 6:10. Marisol had her essay in her lap before the highway. She read the same paragraph three times, then crossed the whole thing out and started again." Which quotation would you cite to prove she reworks her own drafts?

Passage: "The pharmacy line did not move. Mr. Ferraro read the same aisle sign twice. He asked the clerk to repeat the price, then asked again, louder, before he counted out the bills." Which sentence best supports the inference that he is hard of hearing?

The text reads: The engine had not run since October. Which sentence uses that evidence correctly in an essay?

The text reads: The porch boards gave under his weight, one at a time. Which version quotes the line accurately and punctuates the quotation correctly?

A student wants to quote the sentence The river rose all night and follow it with a signal phrase. Which version punctuates it correctly?

The text reads: She had walked the same three blocks every morning for eleven years. Which sentence quotes the text accurately?

The text reads: They lost the harvest twice before they sold the land. Which sentence blends that quotation into the writer's own sentence correctly?

Original: "The principal canceled the assembly an hour before it began, blaming the storm warning." Which paraphrase keeps the meaning?

Original: "The library extended its hours during exam week, keeping the third floor open until midnight." Which paraphrase restates the sentence instead of copying it?

Original: "Aunt Ivy sold the truck in March and took the bus to work after that." Which paraphrase adds information the original never gives?

A student needs to report the three steps a researcher followed, described across two long paragraphs. When is a paraphrase the better choice than a quotation?

An essay argues that a narrator's word choice makes a neighbor sound dangerous. Which move does that argument require?

A student claims Mr. Kwan's shop is failing. Which quotation does NOT support that claim?

A student claims the coach trusts the new goalkeeper. Which quotation does NOT support that claim?

A student claims the storm hit the town hard. Which quotation would NOT be evidence for that claim?

A student claims Rosa is a careful driver. Which quotation does NOT support that claim?