SCSA key terms

Which Key term means:

Identify components and the relationship between them; draw out and relate implications

• Analyse

• Describe

• Classify

• Define

Which Key term means:

State meaning and identify essential qualities

• Justify

• Deduce

• Define

• Discuss

Which Key term means:

Relate cause and effect; make the relationships between things evident; provide why and/or how

• Determine

• Present

• Examine

• Explain

Which Key term means:

State reasons for, report on. Give an account of: narrate a series of events or transactions

• Account

• Propose

• Describe

• Outline

Which Key term means:

Provide characteristics and features

• Show

• Describe

• Propose

• Examine

Which Key term means:

Express the particulars of an idea or topic

• State

• Select

• Suggest

• Show

Which Key term means:

Put forward (for an example, a point of view, idea, argument, suggestion) for consideration or action

• Suggest

• Propose

• Argue

• Debate

Which Key term means:

Make a judgement of value, quality, outcomes, results or size

• Comment on

• Assess

• Derive

• Solve

Which Key term means:

Identify issues and provide points for and/or against

• Discuss

• Distinguish

• Debate

• Distinguish

Which Key term means:

Similar to 'explain', but requires the quoting of specific examples or statistics, or possibly the drawing of maps, graphs, sketches etc.

• Draw

• Illustrate

• Synthesise

• Sketch