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NESA VERBS
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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 |