Hi Class,
Just a reminder: Tuesday, May 17th: Essay 3 is Due!
Do you need to write clear, precise, and powerful sentences for an essay? Then use a signal verb that “signals” to readers what you want them to believe.
Here is a list of common signal verbs. Try some out on Essay 3.
Acknowledges
Adds
Admits
Addresses
Argues
Asserts
Believes
Claims
Comments
Compares
Confirms
Contends
Declares
Denies
Disputes
Emphasizes
Endorses
Grants
Illustrates
Implies
Insists
Notes
Observes
Points out
Reasons
Refutes
Rejects
Reports
Responds
Suggests
Thinks
Writes
Introduce authors and works correctly:
One of the most powerful questions that Sabine Bröck asks in her interview “Talk as a Form of Action: An Interview with Paule Marshall,” occurs right up front when she asks “did you read any novels by black women writers of that time?” (59).
It is hard to disagree with Trudier Harris’s claim that “Silla’s very life is a state of the blues,” in “No Outlet for The Blues: Silla Boyce’s Plight in Brown Girl, Brownstones” (58).
