A note as I'm correcting your essays

Please do not write, "The poems talks about...." or "The author talks about...." or "It talks about..."

INSTEAD of "talks about" (because. after all, no one is "talking" in a novel, poem or short story) please use one of the following:

• demonstrates
• reveals
• shows
• illustrates
• displays
• elucidates

Happy Writing!!!!