Reporting Verb Categories According to MeaningList courtesy of Bruce Rogers

1. Topic indicators: used to indicate the author’s topic in a general way addresses analyzes discusses describes examines explores

introduces investigates offers presents reports on reports that shares

2. Opinion verbs: used to indicate the author’s point of viewargues that asserts that claims that contends that insists that maintains that

3. Verbs of emphasis/scope: used to indicate an author’s important pointconcentrates on emphasizes emphasizes that focuses on mentions that

notes that points out that stresses stresses that

4. Commentary verbs: used to indicate an author’s position on a pointcomments on/that elaborates on explains why/how/that observes that

remarks that states that

5. Summarizing verbsdelineates reviews summarizes surveys traces outlines

6. Verbs used to indicate evaluation by an authorassesses criticizes critiques evaluates reviews

7. Verbs used to express agreement/concessionadmits that agrees that concedes that acknowledges that

confesses that confirms that recognizes that concurs with/that

8. Verbs used to indicate a resultdemonstrates that determines (that) discovers (that) finds that shows that

9. Verbs that involve extrapolation from datahypothesizes that postulates that speculates that theorizes that

10. Conclusion-related verbsconcludes that implies that proposes that recommends that suggests that

11. Verbs indicating various author/researcher activitiesadopts advocates categorizes clarifies classifies constructs develops

enumerates exemplifies formulates highlights identifies illustrates questions

reasons that specifies stipulates that