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NESA VERBS
Term | Definition |
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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 [EVALUATE / ANALYSE] | Add a degree or level of accuracy depth, knowledge and understanding, logic, questioning, reflection and quality to (analyse/evaluate) |
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 | recognize 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 |
PURPOSE | 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 |