Media Studies Command Terms

Which common term is this: Ascertain the value or amount of; make a judgement using the information supplied, criteria and/or own knowledge and understanding to consider a logical argument and/or supporting evidence for and against different points, arguments, concepts, processes, opinions or other information.

• Define

• Examine

• Evaluate

• Analyse

What command term is this: Identify components/elements and the significance of the relationship between them; draw out and relate implications; determine logic and reasonableness or information.

• Analyse

• Identify

• Describe

• Define

Which common term is this: Consider an argument, concept, debate, data point, trend or artefact in a way that identifies assumptions, possibilities and interrelationships.

• Evaluate

• List

• Identify

• Examine

Which command term is this: Present a clear, considered and balanced argument or prose that identifies issues and shows the strengths and weaknesses of, or points for and against, one or more arguments, concepts, factors, hypotheses, narratives and/or opinions

• Analyse

• Discuss

• List

• Name

Which command term is this: Give a detailed account of why and/or how with reference to causes, effects, continuity change, reasons or mechanisms; make the relationships between things evident.

• Analyse

• Identify

• Explain

• Evaluate

Which command terms is this: Give the precise meaning and identify essential qualities of a word, phrase, concept or physical quantity.

• Define

• Describe

• Discuss

• Examine

Which command term is this: Provide characteristics, features and qualities of a given concept, opinion, situation, event, process, effect, argument, narrative, text, experiment, artwork, performance piece or other artefact in an accurate way.

• Name

• Examine

• Describe

• Explain

Which command term is this: Recognise and name and/or select an event, feature, ingredient, element, speaker and/or part from a list or extended narrative or argument, or within a diagram, structure, artwork or experiment.

• Adjust

• Define

• Identify

• List

Which command term is this: Provide a series of related words, names, numbers or items that are arranged consecutively

• Name

• List

• Outline

• Describe

Which command term is this: Provide a word or term (something that us known and distinguished from other people or things) used to identify an object, person, thing, place, etc.

• Define

• List

• Name

• Identify