A GLOSSARY OF KEY WORDS (FROM BOS BULLETIN)
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Account Account for |
State reasons for, report on, give an account of, narrate a series of events or transactions |
Analyse |
Identify components and the relationship between them, draw out and relate implications |
Apply |
Use, utilise, employ in a particular situation |
Appreciate |
Make a judgement about the value of |
Assess |
Make a judgement of value, quality, outcomes, results or size |
Calculate |
Ascertain/determine from given facts, figures or information |
Clarify |
Make clear or plain |
Classify |
Arrange or include in classes/categories |
Compare |
Show how things are similar or different |
Construct |
Make, build, put together, items or arguments |
Contrast |
Show how things are different or opposite |
Critically (analyse/evaluate) |
Add a degree or level of accuracy, depth, knowledge and understanding, logic, questioning, reflection and quality to (analysis/evaluation) |
Deduce |
Draw conclusions |
Define |
State meaning and identify essential qualities |
Demonstrate |
Show by example |
Describe |
Provide characteristics and features |
Discuss |
Identify issues and provide points for and/or against |
Distinguish |
Recognise or note/indicate as being distinct or different from, to note differences between |
Evaluate |
Make a judgement based on criteria, determine the value of |
Examine |
Inquire into |
Explain |
Relate cause and effect, make the relationships between things evident, provide why and/or how |
Extract |
Choose relevant and/or appropriate details |
Extrapolate |
Infer from what is known |
Identify |
Recognise and name |
Interpret |
Draw meaning from |
Investigate |
Plan, inquire into and draw conclusions about |
Justify |
Support an argument or conclusion |
Outline |
Sketch in general terms, indicate the main features of |
Predict |
Suggest what may happen based on available information |
Propose |
Put forward (for example a point of view, idea, argument, suggestion) for consideration or action |
Recall |
Present remembered ideas, facts or experiences |
Recommend |
Provide reasons in favour |
Recount |
Retell a series of events |
Summarise |
Express, concisely, the relevant details |
Synthesise |
Putting together various elements to make a whole |