Agree (v) / Agreeable (adj) / Agreement (n) ---to have the same opinion
Analyze (v) / Analysis (n) / Analyst (n) ---to study closely and carefully
Clarify (v) / Clarity (n) / Clarification (n) ---to make something easier to understand
Connect (v) / Connection (n) / Connective (adj) ---to join two or more things together; link
Connotes (v) / Connotation (n) / Connoting (v) ---big idea suggested by little word or phrase **The word "dingy" connotes the idea of neglect and unclean behaviors.
Contrast (n or v) / Contrastable (adj) / Contrasting (v) ---to compare in order to show difference
Conversely (adv) / Converse (adj) ---reverse in position or be opposite in action, meaning, or order **I like red. Conversely, my sister's favorite color is blue.
Convey (v) / Conveyor (n) / Conveyance (n) ---to communicate by statement, suggestion, gesture, or appearance
Creates (v) / Creation (n) / Creating (v) ---to produce by using talents and imagination
Defend (v) / Defense (n) / Defendable (adj) ---to speak or write in support of someone or something
Delineate (v) / Delineated (past tense v) / Delineating (v) ---to clearly show or describe something in reference to something else
Denotes (v) / Denoted / Denotable (adj) ---indicates; stands as a symbol for something
Depict (v) / Depicter (n) / Depiction (n) ---to show or describe
Describes (v) / Description (n) / Descriptive (adj) ---to say or write what something or someone is like
Detail (n or v) / Detailed (adj or v) / Detailing (n or v) ---to state particular facts or information; to describe minute aspects of something
Dichotomy (n) / Dichotomies / Dichotomize (v) ---division into two sharply distinguished groups
Difference (n) / Differ (v) / Differentiation (n) ---quality that makes one person or thing unlike another
Echo (n or v) / Echoed (past tense v) / Echoing ---(n) repetition of words, ideas, or acts ---(v) restate in support of an idea
Emphasis (n) / Emphasize (v) / Emphasized ---special importance or attention given to something
Estimate (v or n) / Estimation (n) / Estimator ---to give or form a general idea about something
Evident (adj) / Evidence (n) / Evidently (adv) ---clear to the sight or mind
Evaluate (v) / Evaluation (n) / Evaluative (adj) ---to judge the value, condition, significance, or worth
Evoke (v) / Evoked (past tense v) / Evoking ---to bring into mind
Exemplifies (v) / Exemplified (past tense v) / Exemplifying (adj or v) ---to show or illustrate by example
Focus (n) / Focused (adj or past tense v) / Focusing ---(n) main purpose or interest ---(v) to make more clear
Foil (n) / "is a foil to" ---a person who makes another seem better/worse by contrast ---contrast or counterpart
Highlight (n or v) / Highlighted (adj or past tense v) / Highlighting ---(n) the best part; the part on which the focus lies because of importance or interest ---(v) to make known or point out
Illustrate (v) / Illustrated (adj or past tense v) ---to give examples in order to make something easier to understand
Imply (v) / Implicate (v) / Implication (n) ---(imply) to express something indirectly ---(implicate) to show that one person or thing is closely connected to something else
Infer (v) / Inference (n) / Inferentially (adv) ---to form an opinion from a hint or from evidence
Juxtapose (v) / Juxtaposed (past tense v) / Juxtaposing ---to place close together for comparison or contrast ---to place together for support
Paraphrase (n or v) / Paraphrasing / Paraphrased (past tense v) ---a statement that says something that another person has written or said in a different way ---the paraphrase must mean the same as the original statement
Pattern (n) / Patterning (v) ---a regular or repeated way in which something happens
Polarization (n) / Polar (adj) / Polarize (v) ---separation into opposite groups
Portray (v) / Portrayed (past tense v) / Portrayal (n) ---to describe or show
Predict (v) / Predictable (adj) / Prediction (n) ---to say something will or might happen in the future
Quotation (n) / Quotable (adj) / Quote (n or v) ---a written or spoken statement that is repeated exactly or used by someone else in another piece of writing or speech
Reinforce (v) / Reinforcer (n) / Reinforcement (n) ---strengthens by adding more support
Reiterate (v) / Reiterated (adj or v) / Reiterating ---to repeat something you have already said in order to emphasize the idea or add interest
Stress (v or n) / Stressed (adj or past tense v) / Stressing ---(n) emphasis ---(v) to give special attention
Support (n or v) / Supportive (adj) / Supportable (adj) ---(n) something that serves as evidence for an idea ---(v) to agree with or approve of; to provide evidence for
Text (n) / Textual (adj) / Textualize (v) ---(n) a book or other piece of writing; sometimes used to name something which can be visually analyzed ---(v) to put into text; to set down as concrete or unchanging
Underlines (v) / Underlined (past tense v) / Underlining (adj) ---(v) to emphasize or show the importance of something
Underpins (v) / Underpinning (n or v or adj) / Underpinned (past tense v) ---(v) to strengthen or support something from below ---(n) material used for support or structure