MYP Command Terms Flashcards
Analyze
Break down in order to bring out the essential elements or structure.
Annotate
Add brief notes to a document.
Apply
Use knowledge to apply to your situation.
Appraise
To evaluate, Judge or consider text or piece of work.
Argue
To Challenge someone’s opinion or facts.
Calculate
Obtain a numerical answer showing the relevant stages in the working.
Classify
Arrange or order by class or category.
Comment
Give a judgement based on what was recently stated.
Compare
Give an explanation of the all similarities.
Compare & Contrast
Give an explanation of the similarities and differences between items or situations.
Construct
Display information in a diagrammatic or logical form
Contrast
Display information in a diagrammatic or logical form
Deduce
Reach a conclusion from the information given.
Define
Give the precise meaning of a word, phrase, concept or physical quantity.
Demonstrate
to illustrate or make clear by reasoning or evidence,.
Derive
Manipulate a mathematical relationship to give a new equation or relationship.
Describe
Give a detailed account or picture of a situation, event, pattern or process.
Design
Produce a plan, simulation or model.
Determine
Obtain the only possible answer.
Discuss
To talk about a topic.
Distinguish
Make clear the differences between two or more concepts or items.
Document
To credit sources of information used by referencing them.
Estimate
Find an approximate value for an unknown quantity.
Evaluate
To make judgments about the ideas.
Examine
Consider an argument or concept in a way that uncovers the assumptions and interrelationships of the issue.
Exemplify
Represent with an example.
Explain
Give a detailed explanation including reasons or causes.
Explore
To discover.
Formulate
to create and express.
Identify
Recognize and identify state a
factor or feature.
Infer
to interoperate.
Interpret
Understanding and recognizing trends and draw conclusions from given
information.
Investigate
Observe, study, or make a detailed and in order to establish facts.
Justify
Give valid reasons or evidence to support an answer or conclusion.
Label
Add title, labels or brief explanations.
List
Give a sequence of brief answers with no explanation.
Measure
Find the value for a quality.
Outline
Give a brief account or summary.
Predict
To take an educated guess.
Present
Offer for display, observation, examination or consideration.
Prove
Using logical to be right.
Recall
Recognize or identify.
Reflect
To think about deeply.
Recognize
Identify or recall.
Show
Give steps in a derivation or calculation.
Sketch
To draw a diagram.
Solve
To get an answer.
State
Give a specific name.
Suggest
Propose a solution.
Summarize
The key points.
To What
Should be
Consider the opinions and conclusions.
Extent
Supported with appropriate evidence.
Use
Apply knowledge or rules to put theory into practice.
