Compare: To show similarities to another person, place or item.

Contrast: To show differences to another person, place or thing.

Explain: To give details. When you explain you should use multiple sentence and examples.

Define: To show or describe including specific details or characteristics. When you define you should use multiple sentences and examples.

Describe: To tell or depict in written or spoken words; give an account of something. When you describe you should use multiple sentence and examples.

Differentiate: to show or describe the difference between two people, ideas or events.

Prove: To give evidence either for or against a statement. You should always use text evidence and examples when proving a point.

Summarize: To give a brief statement of the main points of a person, event or idea. To summarize your restate the information you have learned into your own words and take out information that is not needed.

Trace: To follow or describe the steps. To show what happens in a sequence (a persons life, battle events etc.)