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English Language & literature: 2 of 4

When analysing both language and literature texts, it is essential to use the correct analytical verb so that
you can precisely explain a writer’s choices.

Analytical verb​ Meaning

Emphasises​ Makes clearer to an audience by focusing on something ​

Conveys To get across a message or idea to the audience ​

Highlights​ Makes the audience focus on something by making an idea stand out​

Exaggerates​ To make something seem better or worse than it is to emphasise an idea to the audience. ​

Illustrates​ Makes the audience visualise a particular image or idea​

Amplifies​ Emphasises something by making it clearer by adding more detail​

Indicates​ Helps the audience to see a particular idea​

Evokes​ Make an audience feel a particular emotion​

Provokes​ Makes the audience react to something ​

Foreshadows​ Provides hints to the audience about something that may happen in the future​

Parallels​ Seems to be similar or the same as another part of the text, character or theme.

Reiterates​ To re-emphasise to the audience; to repeat an idea for added emphasis

Symbolises​ Uses a particular image to represent a deeper meaning for the audience ​