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Analyse

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

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Assess

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Make an informed judgement

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Calculate

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Work out from given facts, figures, or information

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Comment

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Give an informed opinion

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Compare

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Identify/comment on similarities and/or differences

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Consider

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Review and respond to given information

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Contrast

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Identify/comment on differences

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Define

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Give precise meaning

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Demonstrate

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Show how or give an example

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Describe

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State the points of a topic/give characteristics and main features

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Develop

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take forward to a more advanced stage or build upon given information

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Discuss

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Write about issue(s) or topic(s) in depth in a structured way

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Evaluate

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Judge or calculate the quality, importance, amount or value of something

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Examine

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Investigate closely, in detail

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Explain

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Set out purposes or reasons/ make the relationships between things evident/ provide why an/or how and support with relevant evidence

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Give

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Produce an answer from a given source or recall/memory

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Identify

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name/ select/ recognize

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Justify

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support a case with evidence/ argument

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Outline

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Set out main points

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Predict

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Suggest what may happen based on available information

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Sketch

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Make a simple freehand drawing showing the key features, taking care over proportions

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State

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Express in clear terms

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Suggest

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Apply knowledge and understanding to situations where there are a range of valid responses in order to make proposals

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Summarize

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Select and present the main points, without detail