An acronym to help you cite textual evidence well What does RAICE stand for R Restate the question A Answer the question I Introduce your quote ID: 565635
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R.A.I.C.E.
An acronym to help you cite textual evidence well
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What does R.A.I.C.E. stand for?
R = Restate the questionA = Answer the question
I = Introduce your quoteC = Cite your evidenceE = Explain or expand
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Sentence 1
R= Restate the Question
A = Answer the QuestionUse many of the words from the question to begin your first sentence.Example: Which new
name
possibility
do you
think is her
favorite?R = I think _________
is her favorite new name possibility because…Insert the answer into your restated question to complete the sentence.
Example: Which new name possibility do you think is her favorite?A = I think Zeze the X is her favorite new name possibility because
it’s the only one she says twice
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Sentence 2
I = Introduce the Quote
C = Cite Evidence (quote)Create a transition from your answer into your quote and include where the quote is from.Example: Which new name possibility do you think is her favorite?I = I noticed that in the
last paragraph
, the narrator says, …
Insert the best quote from the text that supports your answer. It DOES NOT have to be dialogue (in quotation marks) in the story for you to use it here!!!
Example: Which new name possibility do you think is her favorite?
C
= … “Zeze the X. Yes. Something like Zeze
the X will do.”Slide5
Sentence 3
E = Explain/Expand
Explain how your quote proves your answer or expand by giving extra information.Example: Which new name possibility do you think is her favorite?E = I believe that the repetition of the name Zeze the X indicates that she prefers this choice to Lisandra and Maritza.Slide6
Completed RAICE
Which new name possibility do you think is her favorite?
I think Zeze the X is her favorite new name possibility because it’s the only one she says twice. I noticed that in the last paragraph, the narrator says
, “…
Zeze
the X. Yes. Something like
Zeze the X will do
.” I believe that the repetition of the name Zeze the X indicates that she prefers this choice to
Lisandra and Maritza.
R+AI+CESlide7
R.A.I.C.E. in Action
Question: What does the horse symbolize in this vignette? Cite textual evidence to support your answer.
R – The horse in this vignette symbolizes…A – …being wild and untamed.I – This symbolism is demonstrated when the narrator says her grandmother was,C – “a wild, horse of a woman.”E – This statement shows that her grandmother was untamed and wild like a mustang before being forced into marriage.Slide8
R.A.I.C.E. in paragraph form:
The horse in this vignette symbolizes being wild and untamed. This symbolism is demonstrated when the narrator says her grandmother was
,
“a wild, horse of a woman
.”
This
statement shows that her grandmother was untamed and wild
like a mustang before being forced into marriage.
R + A I + C
ESlide9
Your Turn:
Use R.A.I.C.E. to answer this question:
How does the narrator feel about her name? Cite textual evidence to support your answer.