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Examples as evidence

Quotes show that the ideas in your essay are more than just your opinion.

Providing examples to support your point is crucial to making a convincing argument. Depending on what you're studying, examples could be:

  • quotes from a literary text

  • quotes from primary sources

  • quotes from websites, blogs or forums

  • images, paintings or photographs

  • charts, graphs or statistics

  • quotes or summaries from the media, like news articles, films, or documentaries

  • a personal experience.

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