Essay things: 69 Words to use after “The poet/writer/author can…”
- attempt to show
- advance the idea/plot
- avoid
- allude
- anticipate the reader
- argue
- associate
- appeal to
- build up a picture
- borrow images/phrases/ideas
- bring out
- conclude
- claim
- clarify
- comment upon
- consider
- capture
- concentrate on
- characterise
- contrast
- confine him/herself
- conceive of something as
- compare/make comparisons
- confront us with
- create
- disarm us
- describe/depict
- draw our attention to
- demonstrate
- develop an idea
- dwell on an idea
- explain
- exemplify
- expand an image
- elaborate
- evoke an atmosphere
- explore
- exploit the gullibility of the reader
- extend our understanding
- examine
- fill in details
- fix our attention on
- focus on
- fuse together
- give an impression of
- give an edge to
- give vividness to
- give immediacy to
- highlight
- introduce an idea
- illustrate
- invoke
- imply
- linger on
- lead us to an awareness
- maintain suspense
- make a point
- make an appeal to
- present a picture/image/idea
- produce an effect
- pinpoint
- reveal
- recreate an experience
- remind us of
- set the stage
- state
- structure
- trace
- use subterfuge





