Consider using this list of signal verbs when incorporating and introducing source material. Keep in mind, these verbs can help you describe relationships between sources as well as your sources and your own ideas.
| Signal Phrase Verbs | ||
| Acknowledges Adds Admits Advances Affirms Agrees Alludes Analyzes Argues Asserts Attests Balances Confirms Connects Considers Contends Contradicts Contrasts Creates Declares Defines Delineates Demonstrates Denies Describes Develops Discusses Discloses Discounts Discovers Disputes |
Documents Emphasizes Endeavors to Establishes Estimates Explains Expresses Extrapolates Finds Focuses on Grants Highlights Hypothesizes Illuminates Illustrates Implies Indicates Informs Insists Introduces Maintains Means Narrates Negates Notes Notices Observes Offers Organizes Points out Prepares Presents |
Promises Proposes Proves Purports Questions Recognizes Recommends Recounts Refers Reflects Refutes Reiterates Rejects Relates Replies Reports Responds Reveals Shows Signals Specifies Speculates States Submits Suggests Supports Theorizes Thinks Wishes Writes Verifies |
