Command Terms

• account of


  Describe a series of events or transactions
• account for


  State reasons for; report on
• analyse


  Identify components/elements and the significance of the relationship between them; draw out and relate implications; determine logic and reasonableness of information
• apply


  Use; employ in a particular situation or context
• assess


  Make a judgment about, or measure, determine or estimate, the value, quality, outcomes, results, size, significance, nature or extent of something
• calculate


  Determine from given facts, figures or information; obtain a numerical answer showing the relevant stages in the working; determine or find (e.g. a number, answer) by using mathematical processes
• clarify


  Make a statement or situation more comprehensible
• compare


  Recognise similarities and differences and the significance of these similarities and differences
• construct


  Make, build, create or put together by arranging ideas or items (e.g. an argument, artefact or solution); display information in a diagrammatic or logical form
• contrast


  Show how things are different or opposite
• deduce


  Draw a conclusion from given information, data, a narrative, an argument, an opinion, a design and/or a plan
• define


  Give the precise meaning and identify essential qualities of a word, phrase, concept or physical quantity
• demonstrate


  Show ideas, how something can be done or that something is true by using examples or practical applications, or by applying algorithms or formulas
• describe


  Provide characteristics, features and qualities of a given concept, opinion, situation, event, process, effect, argument, narrative, text, experiment, artwork, performance piece or other artefact in an accurate way
• discuss


  Present a clear, considered and balanced argument or prose that identifies issues and shows the strengths and weaknesses of, or points for and against, one or more arguments, concepts, factors, hypotheses, narratives and/or opinions
• distinguish


  Make clear the differences between two or more arguments, concepts, opinions, narratives, artefacts, data points, trends and/or items
• evaluate


  Ascertain the value or amount of; make a judgment using the information supplied, criteria and/or own knowledge and understanding to consider a logical argument and/or supporting evidence for and against different points, arguments, concepts, processes, opinions or other information
• examine


  Consider an argument, concept, debate, data point, trend or artefact in a way that identifies assumptions, possibilities and interrelationships
• explain


  Give a detailed account of why and/or how with reference to causes, effects, continuity, change, reasons or mechanisms; make the relationships between things evident
• extract


  Select relevant and/or appropriate detail from an argument, issue or artefact
• extrapolate


  Infer and/or extend information that may not be clearly stated from a narrative, opinion, graph or image by assuming existing trends will continue
• identify


  Recognise and name and/or select an event, feature, ingredient, element, speaker and/or part from a list or extended narrative or argument, or within a diagram, structure, artwork or experiment