Your commentary can take many forms. Which form you employ depends on the evidence and the points you are trying to make. The commentary may be as follows:
- Explaining or clarifying a point
- Inferring from facts
- Drawing own conclusions
- Extrapolating from parallel contexts
- Showing implications
- Showing effects of a problem/issue
- Showing causes of a problem/issue
- Reiterating pertinent information or points
- Linking information to larger issue and/or main thesis
- Comparing unfamiliar issue to a familiar one to increase understanding
- Contrasting/juxtaposing issues to sharpen argument by making distinctions clearer
- Others
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