Command words for gen paper midterm

Analyse

Examine in detail to show meaning, and to identify elements and the relationship between them.

Assess

Make an informed judgment.

Compare

Identify/comment on similarities and/or differences.

Consider

Review and respond to given information.

Contrast

Identify/comment on differences.

Demonstrate

Show how or give an example.

Describe

State the points of a topic/give characteristics and main features.

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.

Evaluate

Judge or calculate the quality, importance, amount or value of something.

Examine

Investigate closely, in detail.

Explain

Set out purposes or reasons / make the relationships between things evident/provide why and/or how and support with relevant evidence.

Give

Produce an answer from a given source or recall/memory.

Identify

Name/select/recognise.

Justify

Support a case with evidence/argument.

State

Express in clear terms.

Suggest

Apply knowledge and understanding to situations where there is a range of valid responses in order to make proposals.

Summarise

Select and present the main points, without detail.