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Reporting Verbs
Purpose:
- To make it clear you are describing the ideas in the text, not your own ideas.
- To show that you are reporting on someone else's (the author's) ideas.
Examples of Reporting Verbs
| The Article |
The Author |
The Researchers |
| presents |
states |
state |
| reports on |
claims |
claim |
| deals with |
argues |
report |
| focuses on |
criticizes |
|
| examines |
describes |
|
| covers |
concluded with the idea |
|
| describes |
concluded by saying |
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| addresses |
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