command words
Suggest
Apply knowledge and understanding to situations where there is a range of valid responses in order to make proposals
Analyze
Examine in detail to show meaning, and to identify elements and the relationship between them.
State
Express in clear terms
Contrast
Identify/comment on differences
Compare
Identify/comment on similarities and/or differences
Examine
Investigate closely, in detail
Evaluate
Judge or calculate the quality, importance, amount or value of something
Assess
Make an informed judgement
Identify
Name/select/recognize
Give
Produce an answer from a given source or recall memory
Consider
Review and respond to given information
Summarize
Select and present the main points, without detail
Explain
Set out purposes or reasons/ make the relationships between things evident / provide why and/or how and support with relevant evidence
Demonstrate
Show how or give an example
Describe
State the points of a topic/give characteristics and main features
Justify
Support a case with evidence/argument
Develop
Take forward to a more advanced stage or build upon given information
Discuss
Write about issue(s) or topic(s) in depth in a structured way
