POWER VERBS TO INTEGRATE IN YOUR WRITING AND ANALYSIS
Like our unit on Rhetorical Analysis a few months ago, you are making an ARGUMENT for WHAT THE TEXT you have chosen is DOING --- in other words, its RHETORICAL EFFECT / IMPACT given how it re-uses and re-appropriates, etc. These are some possible verbs to use. The more specific and precise, the better! Make sure to not just USE these verbs (as applicable) but to explain as well.
SYNONYMS FOR APPROPRIATE
commandeers
converts expropriate pirates preempts seizes claims confiscates repossesses sequesters wrests loots pillages encroaches infringes invades occupies trespasses embezzle misrepresents misappropriates misuses |
OTHER POWER VERBS
commodifies (commodification)
commercializes (commercialization) co-opts (co-optation) displacement erasure rewrites represents |