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To describe a topic's positive and negative aspects and say how useful or successful it is.
What is assess?
100
To point out the links, connections, and/or associations.
What is relate?
100
To analyze and comment briefly, in organized sequences, paragraphs, or lists.
What is review?
100
To briefly give the relevant points.
What is state?
100
To give possible reasons-analyze, interpret and evaluate.
What is suggest?
200
To point out a topic's mistakes or weaknesses as well as its favorable aspects.
What is criticize?
200
To explain and comment on the subject and make a judgement.
What is interpret?
200
To give reasons to support a statement.
What is justify?
200
To give concrete examples-including figures or diagrams.
What is illustrate?
200
To provide an itemized series of parts, reasons or qualities.
What is list?
300
TO rate, grade, score or judge the topic.
What is evaluate?
300
To take apart and describe a concept in great detail.
What is examine?
300
To give the meaning of an idea, either a dictionary definition or from an academic authority in your subject of study.
What is define?
300
To describe, explain, give, examples, points for and against, then analyze and evaluate the results.
What is discuss?
300
To take it apart, tell the good and the bad, and break it down.
What is analyze?
400
To clearly tell what you know in your own words.
What is explain?
400
To retell the key points, give the main ideas in a few sentences.
What is summarize?
400
To read between the lines. The answer is not in the passage. Use clues to figure it out.
What is infer?
400
To tell how things are alike or similar.
What is compare?
400
To back it up, prove it, give reasons, facts, and evidence.
What is support/prove?
500
To paint a picture using words; tell all about it.
What is describe?
500
To tell how things are different.
What is contrast?
500
To look ahead and tell what you think will happen.
What is predict?
500
To follow the topic step-by-step from the beginning to the end and list the steps.
What is trace?
500
To create, come up with, build, and show in words what it means.
What is formulate?
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