Writing and Speaking Techniques in Everyday Language

Yield the floor/call up to the podium [signal changes in speakers]
Take a picture [summarize]
Sample [quote, provide an example, examine a case]
Put another way [paraphrase]
Riff on [elaborate]
Paint a picture [describe]
Frame (verb) [contextualize]
Shine a spotlight on [draw attention to/bring to the foreground]
Put under a microscope [analyze into components]
Fill the gaps; bridge the gaps [infer or bring in missing information or perspectives]
Connect the dots [interpret/find the pattern and the outliers]
Mash up [synthesize/blend]
Remix [extend & change, make a new version for a new purpose or audience]
Pull back the curtains [reveal assumptions & values]
Put to work [apply]
Build on
Support
Follow the path/map [take an approach]
Give a name to [categorize]
Give an example of [instantiate/exemplify]
Take another side
Pivot [change direction; consider another side]
Import [to another context]
Tell us how you really feel/Cut to the chase/What’s the bottom line? [focus on the essential point]
So what? [say why it matters, explain implications]
Judge/Critique/Roast/Clap Back
Give props/shout out [cite]