Language of commentaries

THB LANGUAGE OF COMMENT.{RIES AND ESSAYS
Warning: don’t think that using technical vocabulary is enough to ace your paper. The quality of your of on work also depends the richnessand naturalness thelanguageyou use,to describethe effect of a text, to the effect on the reader.Here is a range of expressions help you shapeyour the author’s intention or This list is far from exhaustive:keep addingtoit as you read ideas,and use synonymsto avoid repetitions. and discovermore expressions! The following terms can be used to describe: or ilhat the text or writer says,expresses suggests show – thischapterprovides no account of the ball we of – because this digression are madeawareof – such an ending betrays – the use of euphemismcalls attention to on – the narrator concentrates – hercharacteris delineatedin great detail Poe’s ability to – all this demonstrates – such a remark might denote a lack of – the author has chosento depict – the secondstanzadescribes – the dialoguedisplays – thenarrator draws attention to – thesecommentsare evidencethat – his concernwith morality is evidencedby evokes – the passage exhibit – thesesentences – the novelistexplores – the narrator focuseson – thedescriptiongivesus a hint of – the metre here seemsto indicate that offers us – the passage novel portrays / signalsi throws light on – the – the poet reflectson reveals – the useof language / – theauthor argues/ asserts maintains statesthat – centre on – the stanzais basedon – the story hinges around – deal with – the poem is a commentupon – the narrator focuseshis attention on – the authortackles – convey/ express – the narratorbuilds up a – the poemcelebrates to – this contributes words convey – these distils an impressionof – the passage expresses – the enjambment – the poet strikes anote of – the novelistvoices – the text yields explain we can account for this line elucidates the use of this image illuminates the poet makes plain the poet states It is worth noting that illustrate…