Language and Literature Command Terms

3. Apply knowledge or rules to put theory into practice.
6. Use knowledge and understanding to recognize trends and draw conclusions from given information.
7. Put ideas and information into a proper or systematic order; give structure to a text.
11. Provide a critical review or commentary, especially when dealing with works of art or literature.
12. Give valid reasons or evidence to support an answer or conclusion.
14. Give a judgment based on a given statement or result of a calculation.
15. Provide an answer from a number of possibilities.
16. Combine different ideas in order to create new understanding.
17. Break down in order to bring out the essential elements or structure. (To identify parts and relationships, and interpret information to reach conclusions.)
18. Make an appraisal by weighing up the strengths and limitations.

1. Give an account of the similarities and differences between two (or more) items or situations, referring to both (all) of them throughout.
2. Evolve from one’s own thought or imagination, as a work or an invention.
4. Consider an argument or concept in a way that uncovers the assumptions and interrelationships of the issue.
5. Abstract a general theme or major point(s).
8. Give a brief account or summary.
9. Offer a considered and balanced review that includes a range of arguments, factors or hypotheses.
10. Choose from a list or group.
13. Undertake a systematic process of discovery.