Lesson Writing: Article Review. Grammar: Reporting Verbs Warm up

Lesson 9. Writing: Article Review.

Grammar: Reporting Verbs

Warm up:

• Define an article review and make a few sentences with it
• What are the main components of an article review
• Share with your partner
• What are the reporting verbs and its object?
• Give examples using reporting verbs and share it with your partner

Grammar: Reporting Verbs

• In English grammar, a reporting verb is a verb (such as say, tell, believe, reply, respond, or ask) used to indicate that discourse is being quoted or paraphrased. It's also called a communication verb.
• "The number of reporting verbs that can be employed to mark paraphrases is around a dozen," author Eli Hinkel reported, "and they can be learned with relative ease while working on a writing assignment (e.g., the author says, states, indicates, comments, notes, observes, believes, points out, emphasizes, advocates, reports, concludes, underscores, mentions, finds), not to mention phrases with similar textual functions such as according to the author, as the author states/indicates, in the author's view/opinion/understanding, or as noted/stated/mentioned."