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