Question

Why is it helpful to include evidence in a summary of a critical response to a literary text?(1 point)
Responses

It helps you understand the main events and ideas from the text.
It helps you understand the main events and ideas from the text.

It helps you determine whether the evidence was strong enough to support the writer’s argument.
It helps you determine whether the evidence was strong enough to support the writer’s argument.

It helps you gather evidence to support your own argument about the same text.
It helps you gather evidence to support your own argument about the same text.

It helps you check facts in the writer’s claims against what actually happened in the text.

Answer 1

It helps you determine whether the evidence was strong enough to support the writer’s argument.

(Including the critic’s evidence lets you see how claims are supported and evaluate the argument’s strength.)