Prose Words

Analytical words

Presentation / Present

Selection / Select

Arrangement / Arrange

Structuring / Structure

Placement / Place

Emphasis / Emphasize

Stress

Urging / Urge

Attention / Attends

Focus

Sequencing / Sequence

List / Range

Catalog Feature

Include Incorporate

Pointed

Prioritizing - Prioritization /

Prioritize

Explanation / Explain

Reasoning / Reason / Reasonable

Description / Describe

Analysis / Analvze

Division / Divide

Suggestion/Suggest

Association / Associate

Characterization / Characterize

Categorization / Categorize

Allusion / Allude

Invocation/ Invoke

Evocation / Evoke/ Evocative

Simulation / Simulate

Imitation / Imitate

Mirroring / Mirror

Definition / Define

Convey

Communicate

Claim / Posit

Commentary / Comment

Note / Adduce

Indication / Indicate

Signal

Citation / Cite

Observation / Observe

Assertion of / Assert

Expression of / Express

Likening of X to / Liken X to

Differentiation / Differentiate

Draw a Distinction / Distinguish

Suppression of / Suppress

Withholding / Withhold

Reflection / Reflect lI

Interpretation / Interpret /

Interpretative

Argument / Argue / Argumentative

Contention / Contend /

Contentious

Criticism / Criticize

Praise

Admiration / Admire

Lamenting/Lament

Narration / Narrate

Account Recount

Variation / Variety of Vary

Digression / Digress

Evaluation / Evaluate a oriooN

Assessment / Assess no sziano:

Implication / Imply

Intimation / Intimate

Hint

Satire / Satirize / Satirical

Question / Query

Cast Doubt

Undercut

Appeal

Encouragement / Encourage

Pronouncement Pronounce

Declaration Declare/ Declarative

Admission / Admit

Acknowledgment / Acknowledge

Concession Concede

Repetition / Repeat

Shifting / Shift - Switching / Switch

Alternate between / Alternating

Juxtapose X and Y

Contradiction / Contradict /

Contradictorv

Extension / Extend

Elaboration / Elaboration

Dilation / Dilate upon

Prolongation / Prolong

Downplaying / Downplay

Understatement / Understate

Undercut/ Undermine

Exaggeration/Exaggerate

Overstatement / Overstate

Illustration / Illustrate

Illumination/ Illuminate

Revelation / Reveal

Disclosure / Disclose

Equivocation / Equivocate

Obfuscation/ Obfuscate

Echoing / Echo

Reiteration / Reiterate

Exploration / Explore

Speculation / Speculate

Theory/ Theorize

Coverage / Cover

Reporting / Report

Approach to

Management of / Manage

Handling of / Handle

Depiction/ Depict

Portrait / Portrayal / Portray

Outline

Set forth

Pose

X kind of images

Images of X (individual or

composite

Perspective / Point of View

Phrasing / phraseology

X Terms / Terminology

X type of logic

X language

X idiom

X type of tone (NOT "uses tone")

Anecdote

Aside

Metaphor(s)/Metaphorical

Analogy / Extended Analogy /

Analogous

Progression / Sequence/

Sequencing

Sequence

Pace / Scope / Focus on / Degree of

X type / length of sentences

Focus / Shift of Focus

punctuation

X point(s) of view

prose

X perspective

paragraph

X types of pronoun

symbolism

Frame of Reference

an X ethos

Adjustment / Modulation

X type of diction / mixed diction

Syntax / Syntactic / Sentence

X type of word

Structure or Length

X sort of detail

Phrasing / Phraseology

X type of discourse

[X degree of] Complexity /Simplicity

X type of style

[X degree] of Intensity/ Extremity

X type of dialect

Alliteration / Alliterate

10 T

dichotomy / dichotomous

Rhyme / Internal Rhyme

euphemism / euphemistic

Monosyllable / Monosyllabic

paradox/ paradoxical

Rhythm

Fragment

Stress of.

.. / Stress on .

Run-on

Consistency / Consistent

Variety/ Various

CHARACTERIZING TERMS / In noun form, they become "CONCEPTS"

Irony/ Ironic

Optimism / Optimistic

Pessimism / Pessimistic

Skepticism / Skeptical

Reverence / Reverential

Irreverence / Irreverent

Cynicism / Cynical

Sarcastic/ Sarcasm

Satirical / Satire

Implicit / Explicit

Direct / Indirect

Insight / Insightful

Precision / Precise

Specificity / Specific

Not

Vagueness / Vague

Succinctness / Succinct nol

Concise / Concision

Complex / Elaborate / Simple um

Pithy / Convoluted

Thorough / Thoroughness

Mundane

Startling

Surprising / Surprise

Pedantic / Pedantry

Minimal

Excessive / Excess

Sufficient / Sufficiency

Insufficient

Exhaustive

Exhausting

Erudite / Erudition

Obscure / Obscurity

Formidable / Formidability

Underwhelming

Ambiguous/ Ambiguity

Alert to

Attentive to

Researched / Research

Academic

Journalistic

Scientific

Intellectual Anti-Intellectual

Remember NOUN and ADVERB Forms of the following qualifiers: •0)

Harsh

Smooth

Rough

Loose

Dense

Elegant

Sophisticated

Naïve

Mature

Crude

Vulgar

Elite

Popular

Populist

Elaborate

Convoluted

Direct

Indirect

To-the-point

Salient

Rich

Bland

Pertinent

Significant

Emphatic

Elliptical

Deadpan Profound Superficial Authoritative Dubious Self-sabotaging Specious Flawed Fraudulent Sincere

Insincere Authentic Genuine Fake Irreverent Notorious Controversial

Although.

Though.

If... Even if.

When... Whenever .

While.

Because •

Unless .

.. Until

As.

onsizienos

As if.

Since.

Once .

Before

After.

Now that

So long as .

Moreover

Again

Importantly, most importantly

Less obviously

Often, most often

Sometimes

Rarely

Never

Always

Usually

Gradually

Steadily

Eventually

Initially

Nomatter how, who, what, when,

Subsequently

why

Frequently

Nomatter how much ..

In the long run, long term

Despite the X that . . .

In the near term, In the end

In due course, Whereupon

Ultimately

Now, Later

First, second, next, last

Commonly

Usually

Significantly

Ironically

Paradoxically

Nonetheless

Nevertheless

Strikingly

Especially

Particularly

Predictably

Surprisingly

Shockingly

Suitably

Appropriately

Whereas .

In so far as...

In as much as

To the degree/extent that

Even as ... (even while, even

when)

Just as . .. so also, so too

Much as . . . , so does

Not only ... but also

Formerly

Previously

In the past

In the future

Immediately

(Not only does ... Not only

when ...)

Reliably

However much . . . however many

Typically

however long

Supposedly

Apparently

Instead of.

On the one hand

Meanwhile

At the same time

Simultaneously

X is at once . . . and also .

By contrast

However

Indeed

Ostensibly

Evidently

Nominally

Purportedly

Possibly

Plausibly

Conceivably

fami

Likely

Certainly

Misulle

Inevitably

Selectively

Exclusively

Universally

Partially

Whenever

Whatever

Wherever

Whomsoever

For example

LIsnolloms

Specifically

In particular

In general

In isolated, in a few, in some, in a

many, in most cases

Specifically

Granted, granted that

To the degree that

In-and-of-itself, X will

Thus, Therefore

So Xly, So ×, that

More Xly, most Xly, less Xly

As if

Depicts

Illustrates

unfolds

reveals - discloses

recalls - echoes - anticipates

foreshadows

evokes - suggests

seems

repeat/ repetition

resonates with

shift / shifts

cohesive - fragmented -

disrupted

develops --emerges

evolves --culminates

resolves / irresolvable

situation -scene --scenario

moment - event

sequence of events

tone

hyperbolic - understated

melodramatic

romantic - detached - prosaic

point of view --perspective

orientation

thought / action / gesture /

speech

reaction / response

appearance

authenticity / artificiality

superficial / profound

narration

depiction

experience

institution

change (external vs. internal;

visible vs. invisible)

psychological - emotional

initial - ultimate

former - latter

prior - subsequent

structure - paragraph

dialogue

priority / prioritizes

relative positions

novelist POSITIONS

[object/person]

respective

juxtapose

contrast - connect

liken x to Y - associate X with Y

aligns with

complements

degree of focus

focused -concentrated -

sensation

irony - paradox

suspense

ambiguity

metaphor

extended metaphor

personification

alludes / allusion

social / society

cultural / culture

emotional emotion

ethical / ethics

aesthetic

spiritual / physical

political

absence -presence

expression

diffused

suppression

image(s)

could be taken to symbolize

repression

protagonist

conventional symbol for ..

agency

conflict -contrast

clash

suspense - tension

irreconcilable

opposed

dichotomous

complex

contradictory

inconsistency

obscure / obscurity

harmonize / harmonious

suits

elicit - evoke - invoke

animated - passive - aggressive

lazy - hesitant - assertive

character - figure

enemy - ally

villain - hero/ heroine

archetypal

sage - fool

dupe - con artist

private vs. public

internal vs. professed

urban v. rural

pastoral - wilderness

interior -exterior

domestic - professional

naive - sophisticated

optimistic - pessimistic, cynical

fatalistic

exotic -familiar

intimate - alienated

estranged - reconciled

dense - sparse - spartan

surreal

journey - homecoming - return

rite of passage - adventure

coming of age - courtship

triumph - humiliation

influence - intimidate

accept

analyze

deny

describe

beg

categorize

develop

hint

celebrate

characterize

imagine

mply

combine

introduce

comment

conclude

juxtapose

praise

preach

proclaim

propose

neglect

note

recall

recount

Teport

reveal

accuse

achieve

advocate

agree / disagree

answer

anticipate

appreciate

assemble

associate

blame

Claim

compartmentalize

comprenend

conceptualize

condense

connect

construct

contemplate

contest

control

convict

correlate

corroborate

craft

CREATE???

criticize

decide

declare

defend

define

denounce

depict

despise

detest

devalue

devise

differentiate

differ with / differ on

discourage

discriminate

discredit

disregard

dispute

divert

document

dread

edify

elucidate

embrace

engage

enlighten

envision

exaggerate

explore

evaluate

forgive

foresee

foretell

frame

grieve

hesitate

hypothesize

ignore

imagine

imitate

indicate

initiate

inspect

instill

interrogate

investigate

judge

justify

loathe

lie

lure

manipulate

mimic

minimize

navigate

oppose

perceive

Personify

persuade

place

plead

point to / point up

suggest

summarize

support

synthesize

teach

theorize

predict

prove / disprove

rally

read

reason

recant

recite

rectify

reduce

refine

rejoice

relate

remember

report

represent

revisit

refer to

refute

shame

share

simplify

sulk

support

thank

threaten

truncate

value

vindicate

Soap

spurn

swoon

tease

taunt

temper

transfer

translate

tutor

validate

verifu

VOW

wail

whimper

EVEN RARER TERMS FOR MENTAL & VERBAL GESTURES

adduce

adjudicate

appease

appropriate

aver

avow

belie

beseech

conciliate

disassociate

disavow

endite

entreat

equivocate

espouse

evoke

foreshorten

harangue

harry

implore

ingratiate

intuit

inveigh against

invoke

yawn

lambaste

mollify

nuance

pander to

pre-empt

second

surmise

GENRE TERMS YOU MIGHT NOT THINK OF RIGHT AWAY:

often applicable to rhetorical analysis (but not easily converted to verbs)

allegory / allegorize

anecdote / anecdotal

aphorism /

aphoristic

epigram /

epigrammatic

cautionary tale

diatribe

dialogue

didactic

dream vision

encomium

episode / episodic

etymology

fable

history / historicize

homage

jeremiad

journalistic

lesson

memoir

monologue

ode

parable

pastiche

philosophy

precept

prophesy

revelation

riddle

romance

seron

tirade

treatise

valediction

VERY BASIC:

say

tell

write

state

ask

question

exclaim

present

suggest

consider

argue

explain

contrast

observe

illustrate

-compare