Vocabulary—Literature and Writing

Useful active verbs

Literary analysis tools

Adverb Clauses

Demonstrate

Epitomize

Recur

Surface

Reflect

Analyze

Juxtapose

Expose

Frame

Uncover

Underline

Highlight

Emphasize

Concur

Agree

Disagree

Cite

Show

Symbolize

Represent

Portray

Argue

Posit

Theme

Motif

Narrative frame

Figure

Metaphor

Symbol

Underlying meaning

Narrative voice

Simile

Juxtaposition

Paradox

Conflict

Exposition

Emphasis

Citation

Setting

Protagonist

Antagonist

After

Although

As

As if

Because

Before

Even if

Even though

If

Since

Though

Unless

Until

What

Whatever

When

Whenever

Whether

While

23 Tellers

Non-words

Words that obscure agency

is, am, are

be, been, being

can, could

do, does, did

have, has, had

may, might, must

shall, should

was, were, will, would

What, How, Why

The way

True, Truth

Real, Reality

Actual, Actuality, Actually

Importance, Important

Nowadays

Society

Person

People

One/you/I / we / us / they

Everyone

No one