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.