How to Analyse Non-Fiction

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Authorial intent and tone

Verbs

  • Ascertains
  • Extrapolates
  • Surmises
  • Validates
  • Enquires
  • Muse
  • Evaluate
  • De-construct
  • Deduce 
  • Derive 
  • Reason
  • Speculates 
  • Conjectures 
  • Determines
  • Insinuates 
  • Discerns 
  • Imply 
  • Epitomise

Adjectives

  • Emphatic
  • Disdainful 
  • Indignant 
  • Colloquial 
  • Familiar
  • Sarcastic 
  • Condescending
  • Musing
  • Optimistic
  • Bitter
  • Resigned
  • Reproachful

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