Key Word

Skills you need to demonstrate

Define

Identify the central qualities of something and determine its meaning

Describe

Use detail and examples to outline the key characteristics

Illustrate

Make an issue or concept clear using examples (often this does not require you to draw something)

Explain

Provide detail that makes an issue or concept clear. Interpret information and determine its meaning

Compare and contrast

Identify the similarities and differences between two objects, issues or concepts

Apply

Make a theory relevant and suitable within a chosen example. Put a concept into action.

Advantages and Disadvantages

Look at the beneficial and negative outcomes of something

Analyse

Separate an abstract concept and critically determine its elements, features and possible outcomes

Examine

Scrutinise and investigate an issue or concept carefully

Identify

Recognise the main features of an issue, object or concept

Discuss

Consider and examine via argument

Predict

Use a variety of factors to determine a possible outcome

Comment

Observations, expansions, criticisms and thoughts, premised on knowledge about a particular issue or concept

Assess

Determine the effect, results or reasons for something

Consider

Reflect on an event or piece of information leading towards the proposal of a solution

Differentiate

Recognise the unique features and characteristics of an issue, concept or object and establish how it is different from something else