Analytical verbs

To emphasize or draw attention to key ideas

• Highlights

• Underscores

• Stresses

• Amplifies

To reveal or expose something in the text

• Exposes

• Reveals

• Uncovers

• Depicts

To imply or suggest subtler meanings

• Suggests

• Implies

• Alludes to

• Conveys

To critique or challenge ideas

• Debates

• Challenges

• Disputes

• Questions

To examine relationships or connections

• Links

• Relates

• Correlates

• Associates

To explore the development of a concept

• Expounds

• Elaborates

• Extends

• Advances

To evoke or provoke a response

• Evokes

• Provokes

• Stimulates

• Engages