Verbs for Analysis

Question 1

Suggest

Answer 1

imply as a possibility
-propose or hint
-telling your sister to get frozen yogurt instead of ice cream might suggest your judging her weight.

Question 2

Indicate

Answer 2

be a signal for or a symptom of; give evidence of
-point something out or present evidence
-If you feel sick during a car trip, you can indicate this to the driver by groaning loudly or announcing “I’m going to be sick!”

Question 3

Imply

Answer 3

express or state indirectly; suggest as a logically necessary consequence
-express, suggest, or show something without stating or showing it directly

Question 4

Evoke

Answer 4

call forth, as an emotion, feeling, or response
-to bring a feeling, memory, or picture into the mind
-the smells, sounds, and colors from visiting your old elementary school evokes memories from the past

Question 5

Express

Answer 5

communicate beliefs or opinions
-when you give your opinion you are expressing yourself
-mathematical formulas express complex ideas

Question 6

Highlight

Answer 6

move into the foreground to make more visible or prominent
-to emphasize
-You may want to highlight the best grades on a report card while downplaying the lesser ones.

Question 7

Establish

Answer 7

set up or lay the groundwork for; bring about
-To establish something means to begin it or bring it about
-If you want everyone in your family to bring you chocolate every evening, you can establish a “Chocolates for Me” policy requiring it.

Question 8

Reinforce

Answer 8

strengthen and support
-make stronger
- reinforce your roof by putting some extra supports under it
-If you want to reinforce a message, you can say it louder, rephrase and repeat it or give examples of what you expect

Question 9

Convey

Answer 9

serve as a means for expressing something
-When you convey something, you carry or deliver it
-Your sad smile might convey more about your feelings than words ever could

Question 10

Challenge

Answer 10

take exception to
-Students sometimes challenge a weeknight curfew
-derived from a Latin word meaning “to accuse falsely”

Question 11

Contradict

Answer 11

be in opposition to; prove negative; show to be false
-“Contra-“ usually means “against,” and to contradict is to go against or say the opposite of what someone else is doing or saying.
-a person who has lied will later contradict himself by saying something different from what he said earlier

Question 12

Portray

Answer 12

represent, as in a work of art; depict in words
-When you paint a picture of someone, either in words or in paint, you portray them.
-to portray a person is to show who that person is, giving a sense of their personality or character.

Question 13

Depict

Answer 13

give a description of; show in, or as in, a picture
-When you depict something, you draw a picture of it, describe it, or show what it looks like.
-To explain to an alien what a banana is, you can either depict it with drawings.

Question 14

Signify

Answer 14

convey or express a meaning; denote or connote
-To signify means to “mean.”
-A dove signifies peace, a six-pointed star signifies Judaism, a frog signifies fertility

Question 15

Juxtapose

Answer 15

place side by side
-posing or positioning things side by side
-The collage juxtaposed pictures of Jane while she was growing up and as an adult