english - effective commentary verbs: semester 1

emphasis/reinforcement >

• underscores

• reinforces

• amplifies

• accentuates

• highlights

• foregrounds

• heightens

• intensifies

• magnifies

• stresses

• illuminates

• crystallizes

• punctuates

• drives home

• sharpens

comparison/connection >

• echos

• mirrors

• parallels

• reflects

• aligns with

• resonates with

• evokes

• recalls

• reinforces the pattern of

• extends

• builds upon

• complements

• rhymes with (thematically)

• corresponds to

• reiterates

contrast/tension >

• undercuts

• subverts

• complicates

• destabilizes

• disrupts

• unsettles

• counters

• defies

• resists

• clashes with

• juxtaposes

• contradicts

• undermines

• problematizes

• strains with

• cutes against

• belies

shift/turn >

• signals

• marks a turn toward

• pivots toward

• transforms

• transitions into

• gives way to

• dissolves into

• collapses into

• reframes

• redirects

• complicates the trajectory of

• destabilizes the earlier

• veers toward

• unravels into

• recasts

suggestion/implication (more like hints than shows) >

• implies

• suggests

• gestures toward

• hints at

• intimates

• conveys

• captures

• conjures

• frames

• positions

• casts

• insinuates

• alludes to

• evokes a sense of

causation/consequence >

• precipitates

• catalyzes

• triggers

• sets in motion

• culminates in

• anticipates

• foreshadows

• prefigures

• engenders

• gives rise to

• paves the way for