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The Thesis Whisperer Verb Cheat Sheet: This Work Is Awesome!

Verbs are judgmental. The verb you use to describe someone else's work indicates your felling about the quality of the work.

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The Thesis Whisperer Verb Cheat Sheet: This Work Is Awesome!

Verbs are judgmental. The verb you use to describe someone else's work indicates your felling about the quality of the work.

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veibs aie juugmental. The veib you use to uesciibe someone else's woik inuicates youi
feeling about the !"#$%&' of the woik. Foi instance, "Newbuin (2u1u) aigues." is kinuei
than "Newbuin (2u1u) asseits." (a scholai who asseits is not ieally a scholai at all).

Choose youi feeling, anu then pick a veib fiom the list that fits youi sentence. 0i just
scan the list foi best fit. This is the list I maue to put on my own wall - you may uisagiee
with my categoiies. Feel fiee to change it to suit youi style.


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aigues concluues explains
uemonstiates uiffeientiates iuentifies
ciitiques ueuuces uisciiminates
evaluates pioves assesses
examines uistinguishes pieuicts
pioposes assesses integiates
uiscusses illustiates outlines

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shows applies outlines
composes pioposes uses
states oiganises uiffeientiates
uses piouuces examines
sepaiates uevelops appiaises
selects peifoims illustiates
inteipiets paiaphiases iepoits
piepaies iestates ieviews
uses classifies contiasts
uebates ielates piouuces

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asseits chooses justifies
invents uses constiucts
states makes selects
iecalls iecites tells
geneialises changes chaiacteiises

Note: This hanuout is ieleaseu unuei the cieative commons shaie a-like attiibution license. You
may ciiculate anu change it, but be cool - acknowleuge Bi Ingei Newbuin as the oiiginal authoi.

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