AICE ultimate Study Guides/Intro

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Command words and their meanings help candidates know what to respond in the exam. The use of these command words are in relation to the subject content:

• Analyse - examine in detail to show meaning, indeitfy elements and the relationship between them

• Assess - make an informed judgement

• Compare - identify/comment on similarities and/or differences

• Consider - review and respond to given information

• Contrast - identify/comment on differences

• Demonstrate - show how or give an example

• Describe - state the points of a topic / give characteristics and main features

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

• Discuss - write about issue(s) or topic(s) in depth in a structured way

• Evaluate - judge or calculate the quality, importance, amount, or value of something

• Examine - investigate closely, in detail

• Explain - set out purposes or reasons / make the relationships between things clear / say why and / or how and support with relevant evidence

• Give - produce an answer from a given source or recall / memory

• Identify - name / select / recognise

• Justify - support a case with evidence / argument

• State - express in clear terms

• Suggest - apply knowledge and understanding to situations where there are a range of valid responses in order to make proposals

• Summarise - select and present the main points, with detail

• Phrases such as "to what extent...?" could be seen in the assessment for some of these aice exams.