MYP Command Terms Flashcards
Analyze
Examining something in thorough detail typically involving information or trying to find a conclusion.
Annotate
Adding notes to a diagram or text
Apply
Understanding a response using your knowledge in a situation it is needed
Appraise
Judge the value and quality of something. To evaluate
Argue
Debate an issue or argument with someone trying to persuade others to share the same view.
Calculate
Mathematically determining the number of something
Classify
Arranging something by its category
Comment
Giving your opinion on a given statement
Compare
Similarities or differences between two situations referring back to all situations
Compare & Contrast
A rhetorical style that discusses the similarities and differences of two or more items
Construct
Displaying information in a graphical form
Contrast
An account of differences between two or more situations refereeing back to all of them
Deduce
Come to a conclusion from the information given
Define
The exact meaning of a word
Demonstrate
Exhibition and explanation of how things work and are preformed
Derive
To mathematically give a new relationship or equation
Describe
To give a detailed account by using words when speaking to someone or something
Design
Plan or specification for the construction of an idea or model
Determine
Obtained in a specific way; only way
Discuss
Conversations that maintain a hypothesis or an argument. Can be followed by opinions and conclusions that should always be supported by evidence.
Distinguish
Make it understandable between two or more products