
Evidence
Before the Screenshot: A Short History of the Quotation
The history of the quotation shows how excerpts lose their setting. Trace a passage to its source and decide what its…
Read the words. Check what the claim can really show.
Read examples, figures and documents for what they do and do not establish.

The history of the quotation shows how excerpts lose their setting. Trace a passage to its source and decide what its…
We look at the route from statement to support, so readers can tell what is shown, what remains uncertain and what deserves another question.