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    The document provides definitions for strong verbs that can be used in essay writing, including to juxtapose, to imply, and to convey. It then lists additional literary response verbs and instructs students to choose three to look up. Students are encouraged to use at least two verbs from the list in one essay paragraph and to replace passive 'to be' verbs with more active options from the list.

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    Warm-Up #7: Strong Verbs for Essay Writing

    Step one: Copy the definitions for the following verbs.

    1. To juxtapose: to place side by side, often for contrast.


    Ex: The writer of Family Guy juxtaposes the characters Brian and
    Peter to enhance their differing intelligence levels.
    2. To imply: to indicate or suggest without explicitly stating.
    Ex: Mrs. Witt’s “evil eye” implies that you need to stop talking!
    3. To convey: to communicate or make known (also to show).
    Ex: In “Harrison Bergeron” the author conveys the message that
    equality is difficult to achieve.
    4. To evoke: to draw forth or elicit an emotional response.
    Ex: Wiesel’s memoir Night evokes feelings of emptiness and pain.

    Step Two: Copy the following list of literary response essay verbs.
    Choose three words that you do not already know and look up the
    definitions. Record those definitions in your notebook.

    Useful Verbs for Essays

    Alludes to Entails Personifies


    Attests Establishes Portrays
    Clarifies Exemplifies Represents
    Confirms Explains Reveals
    Connotes Exposes Shows
    Denotes Expounds Signifies
    Depicts Highlights Substantiates
    Determines Hints Suggests
    Displays Illustrates Typifies
    Emphasizes Indicates Underscores
    Extension 1: Using Essay Verbs
    Work on one body paragraph in your essay.
    Include at least two of the verbs from today’s
    warm-up.
    Extension 2: Replacing “to be” Verbs
    Review one of your essay paragraphs. Identify
    all “to be” verbs (is, are, was, were) and replace
    them with essay verbs.

    Ex: “Dickinson’s attitude towards death is


    loving” vs. “Dickinson conveys a loving attitude
    towards death.”

    *Remember to write about literature in the


    present tense. Instead of “Shakespeare
    conveyed” or “Shakespeare is conveying,” use
    “Shakespeare conveys.”

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