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When deciding upon your question you will notice a number of words are frequently used.
The glossary below may be of help when putting together your question:
| Account for | to explain or give reasons why |
| Analyse | to study in detail |
| Assess | to weigh up the strengths and weaknesses |
| Demonstrate | to show your reasoning, argument |
| Describe | to ‘tell the story’ or give an account |
| Discuss | to explain the viewpoints about a given topic |
| Evaluate | to study or judge the evidence and come to a conclusion |
| Examine | to look in detail at the facts |
| Explain | to make clear |
| Identify | to show your facts and/or reasoning |
| Investigate | to study in detail |
| Outline | to explain the main points |
| To what extent | to come to a judgement, outlining the thinking in reaching that judgement |
Play the drag-and-drop game to match up the words with their definitions.
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