IB command terms

Analyse

To avoid doing this and to ensure that you analyse rather than describe or write a narrative of events, you should attempt to find thematic points around which to organise your information

Discuss

Make sure you offer a ‘balanced’ analysis. This could involve covering the successes and failures of a policy/person or the benefits and the disadvantages

Evaluate

identify and analyse the strengths and limitations/successes and failures/positives and negatives of an assertion

Examine

This will be used when a concept is being addressed or where there is a clear inter-relationship of factors.

To what extent

You need to set up arguments both supporting and challenging the factor or concept of the question

Compare and Contrast

You need to analyse the similarities and differences between two or more case studies, events or developments.