AICE Command Words

Vocabulary flashcards defining the AICE Command Words based on lecture notes.

Analyze

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

Assess

Make an informed judgement

Compare

Identify/comment on similarities and/or differences

Consider

Review and respond to the given information

Contrast

Identify/ comment on differences

Demonstrate

Show how or give examples

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 relationship 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/recognize

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

Summarize

Select and present the main points, without detail