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MARKER VERBS FOR ESSAYS OF ANALYSIS

*COMMUNICATES *REVEALS *REINFORCES *SYMBOLIZES
Acquaints Acknowledges Adds to Connotes
Advertises Bares Backs up Denotes
Announces Clarifies Bolsters Designates
Appeals Demonstrates Buttresses Emblemizes
Betrays Discloses Carries Embodies
Breaks Displays Confirms Epitomizes
Carries Elucidates Defends Equates
Concludes Exemplifies Emphasizes Exemplifies
Connects Exhibits Enlarges Illustrates
Corresponds Exposes Fortifies Likens
Declares Illustrates Increases Links
Discloses Manifests Props Mirrors
Divulges Opens Proves Personifies
Enlightens Sheds light on Stresses Represents
Evokes Shows Substantiates Shows
Hints Unveils Supplements Signifies
Imparts Supports
Implies *ENHANCES Sustains *COMMENTS
Informs Adorns Underlines Affirms
Introduces Aggrandizes Underscores Asserts
Makes known Amplifies Validates Clarifies
Offers Augments Verifies Construes
Proclaims Builds up Criticizes
Provides Complements *RELATES Discloses
Relates Elevates Chronicles Elucidates
Reports Exaggerates Depicts Explains
Reveals Fleshes out Describes Expounds
Signifies Heightens Details Interjects
States Increases Discloses Mentions
Suggests Intensifies Divulges Notes
Transfers Lifts Expresses Notices
Transmits Magnifies Imparts Observes
Unfolds Raises Narrates Points out
Reinforces Particularizes Reflects
*DESCRIBES Strengthens Presents Remarks
Depicts Recounts Touches on
Explains *EXAMINES Reports
Expresses Analyzes Retells *CLAIMS
Illustrates Compares Reveals Argues
Portrays Contrasts Asserts
Dissects *CONVEYS Concedes
*COMPRISES Explores Communicates Contends
Amounts to Investigates Discloses Establishes
Composes Questions Expresses Maintains
Contains Probes Imparts Makes a case
Embodies Projects Qualifies
Encompasses *DEVELOPS Relates Rebuts
Holds Broadens Reveals Reasons
Includes Enlarges Tells States
Incorporates Expands Sends
Explains
Extends
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