Evidence Sandwich

When you use text from the book in your essay, make a “Evidence Sandwich”! CONTEXT QUOTE (with signal phrase) Analysis Odysseus is a courageous leader who protects his men. When he faces the Cyclopys, he quickly devises a plan to escape. The Raider of Cities takes a hot spike and “rams it deep in [the Cyclops’] crater eye” ( ). He then ensures that he and all of his men escape under the bellies of the Cyclops’ sheep. Odysseus could have created a plan to escape alone, but instead, he puts his men’s safety first.

CONTEXT QUOTE (with signal phrase) Analysis

When you use text from the book in your essay, make a “Evidence Sandwich”! CONTEXT QUOTE (with signal phrase) Analysis Willow is a resilient young girl who is determined to survive the devastation of losing her parents. To cope with her pain, she decides to start running every day and after one exhausting run, she notes that “vigorous exercise changes brain chemistry,” and that, “in [her] current situation, there is nothing more [she] could ask for” (278). Instead of giving up, Willow seeks healthy ways to survive.