Synonyms for composer can and should be used for each different text type: poet author, write,

reporter,
cartoonist, artist, novelist, filmmaker, director, producer, scriptwriter,
 The [author]/ [composer’s name] suggests…
 The [poet]/ [composer’s name] provides opportunities…
 The [playwright]/ [composer’s name] challenges…
 The [speaker]/ [composer’s name] purpose if to …
 The [filmmaker]/ [composer’s name] highlights…
 The [director]/ [composer’s name] use of [technique]…
 The [photographer]/ [composer’s name] presents…
 The [designer [composer’s name] explores….
 The [artist]/ [composer’s name] has presented…
 [Name of composer] uses her/her text to (convey, challenge, inform, educate, challenge, provoke, suggest,
impart, communicate, develop, reveal, provide insight, expose, deliberate, construct)
 The composer uses her text to portray a view of…
 The composer has used…

Synonyms for ‘text’ should be inserted to identify the text type being discussed such as: poem, short story,
newspaper article, song lyric, speech, novella, fiction text, website, image, artwork, documentary, etc
 The text suggests…
 The text provides opportunities…
 The text challenges…
 The text highlights…
 The text provokes…
 The text indicates…
 The text educates…
 The context (social, cultural. political, religious, gender, historical, intellectual, personal) is (suggested,
exposed, highlighted) through the use of…
 The context has been highlighted through the development of…
 The composer has provided a contextual focus by….
 Contextually the text suggests…
 The values of the text are conveyed through the use of…
 The composer’s values are exposed when…
 The composer’s values are exposed by…
 Values of….. are explored through the text using…
 The audience for the text is suggested through….
 The audience for the text is suggested by…
 The use of [technique] highlights, suggests, infers, develops understanding, exposes, provokes, informs,
 Techniques such as…. have been used to (expose, highlight, provoke, suggest, initiate discussion, provide
opportunities, inform, educate, develop an understanding of)…
 The theme of ….. is developed through the issue of….
 The theme of …..is highlighted…
 The theme of ….. is explicitly stated….
 The theme of ….. is implicit rather than explicitly stated using….
 The theme of ….. is exposed…
 The issue of ….. (is exposed, highlighted, suggested, inferred, paralleled by, implied, intimated, headlined,
given priority) through ….
 A critical reading of the text suggests…
 A critical analysis of the text provides opportunities
 Close reading of the text provides insight into…
Synonyms such as viewer, reader, author etc can be developed here
 The responder/audience/ viewer/ understands…
 The responder/audience/ viewer/’s impression is…
 The responder/audience/ viewer/ is persuaded to…
 The impact on the responder/audience/ viewer/ reminds us that…
 The responder/audience/ viewer/ becomes convinced of…
 The responder/audience/viewer develops…

Sentence starters relating to Discovery (use any of the synonyms relating to Discovery to develop alternative
sentence scaffolds)
 Conceptually, ‘Discovery’ is highlighted through…
 Discovery, as a concept, is highlighted by…
 Discovery, both literally and conceptually, is exposed through…
 Literal ‘Discovery’ is exposed through/when/by…
 ‘Discovery’ is a manifestation of…
 The moral notion of ‘Discovery’ suggests….
 ‘Discovery’ as a metaphysical construct of self is suggested \…
 The concept of Discovery is developed through…
 The composer engages with the conceptual premises inherent to ‘Discovery’ through…
 The composer engages with the concept of Discovery using…
 In transforming the relationship between… the composer is suggesting…
 Transformation takes place through….
 The concept of ‘Discovery’ is effectively conveyed through…
 The composer explores the effects of discovery…
 The transition from … to…. Suggests a changing (perception, understanding, view) of ….
 The use of dialogue (suggests, conveys, exposes, develops, provides)…
 Aspects of the theme are (discussed, exposed, inferred, developed) ….
 Juxtaposing the three texts provides…
 Juxtaposition of the texts suggests…
 Juxtaposing [the text] alongside [the text]….suggests opportunities to explore…
 Analysis of the three texts suggests…
 A critical reading of all three texts provides…
 All three texts explore…
 All three texts expose…
 The three texts suggests...
 The three texts portray…
 A balanced discussion of …………….. is maintained through…
 Bias becomes evident when…
 Negation of the rights of the individual become apparent through the…
 A discomforting aspect of [theme] becomes evident through…
 The nascent implications located in the…
 The anticipation and joy of literal discovery is overwhelmed by the moral rectitude of…
 Responsibility for exploration is not evident in the linguistic expression of…
 The metaphysical awareness of the poet in…leads us to…
 The narrative qualities present quintessential insights into…
 Philosophically speaking, the …
 Existential ideas about sovereignty and self become evident in…
 Self awareness, an epiphany depicting…becomes apparent through…
 The subtlety of the poet’s awareness of…is evident in…
 Our views on … are challenged by…