What are action verbs?
When you are going to write a text, the task will include verbs that tell you what kind of text you should write. These action verbs tell you what you should write, for example reflect, compare, describe, discuss, explain, apply and explore. Let us look at what these verbs mean.
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Reflect
Reflecting means thinking about what you are writing. You must think carefully about the topic, and see it from different sides before you make up your own thoughts. In reflection texts you can write in the first person and use the words “I,” “me” or “my”.
You might be asked to reflect on different kinds of texts and topics in a task.
For example, you may be asked to reflect on racism in the United States. You need to find out more about racism in the USA. This will help you to get a better understanding of the situation, and to understand your thoughts about it. Reflection tasks do not have a right or wrong answer.
Reflection skills are gained at a very young age. For example, if you touch a hot stove, it will hurt. Touching the stove would have immediately made you reflect on why it hurt so much. The answer would be that you had touched a hot stove, and after that you know not to do that again.
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