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Quotes as Evidence #2
When we answer questions or make statements in response to a text, we can support our ideas by
using quotes as evidence, or proof. It is important to choose a quote from the text that directly
relates to our statement.
Remember, when you copy something from a text, you should use quotation marks around the
part that is copied. You can quote part of a sentence or a whole sentence.
Example: The author says that “lions are fierce predators.”
Read the text. Then, answer the questions that follow.
Television has become a huge part of our everyday life.
It provides entertainment, news, advertisements, and so much
more for people of all ages. The television was not invented by
just one person; many people throughout history contributed
ideas and inventions to make TV what it is today.
Over time people experimented with the idea of mixing electricity and radio to see
what would happen. This was the starting point and the beginning of the invention of
television. During the late 1800s, Paul Gottlieb Nipkow, a student in Germany, created the
very first device to transmit pictures with light. He did this by sending pictures through
wires which rotated on a metal disk. This was called the “electric scope.” Inspired by
Nipkow, an American inventor named Charles Jenkins invented the first mechanical
television system in 1923. He called this device “Radiovision,” which he preferred over the
name television. It was known to have poor reception and a 40 to 48 line picture that
tended to be cloudy. Jenkins publicly performed his first television broadcast in Anacostia,
Virginia, all the way to Washington only a couple years later. In 1926, a British inventor
named John Logie Baird transmitted the first moving pictures through the same
mechanical disks that Nipkow had experimented with. This was followed by the first TV
studio which was located at the Crystal Palace in London. He used transparent rods and
reflected light rather than back-lighting silhouettes.
Philo Taylor Farnsworth created the first electronic television system which got rid
of the metal rotating disks. By 1934 all the television sets had been converted to
electronic devices, which is what we are still using to this day. Black-and-white TV was the
standard, with color television showing up much later. RCA was the founder of color
television and had its first broadcast on December 17, 1953. These progressions in modern
television set up the foundation for the plasma and HDTV screens you see today!
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Quotes as Evidence #2
Choose a quote from the text that supports each of the statements below. Remember
to use quotation marks when you write each quote.
Example: The invention of the television was made possible through the discoveries of
many people.
“The television was not invented by just one person; many people throughout history
contributed ideas and inventions to make TV what it is today.”
1. People tried using electricity, radio waves, and light to transmit pictures.
He called this device “Radiovision,” which he preferred over the
name television."Over time people experimented with the idea of mixing electricity and radio to see
what would happen. This was the starting point and the beginning of the invention of
television."
2. Before television got its name, it was known by other names.
He called this device “Radiovision,” which he preferred
over the
name television.
3. Some of the inventors who were involved in developing television technology were
influenced by other people’s discoveries.
Nipkow, an American inventor named Charles Jenkins invented the rst mechanical
television system in 1923.
4. When it was first invented, television did not show color pictures.
Black-and-white TV was the
standard, with color television showing up much later.
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