Verbs for Reporting
www.adelaide.edu.au › writingcentre › sitesVerbs for Reporting Writing Centre Learning Guide In academic writing, you will often need to refer to the research of others, also called secondary sources. A reporting verb is a word which is used to talk about or report on other people's work. Reporting verbs can be used to great effect, but the difficulty
RESEARCH WRITING: REPORTING VERBS
www.lib.rmit.edu.au › files › Reporting_verbsReporting verbs help the reader understand the relevance of the sources in your writing and can help you to strengthen your argument. However, we can sometimes get stuck by repeatedly using ‘states’ or ‘reports’; there are many other reporting verbs that can show how you feel about the research and how the authors view their own ...