Understanding Question Types

To show something by doing it

• Contrast

• Interpret

• Summarize

• Demonstrate

To note the dissimilarities between things

• Explain

• Illustrate

• Compare

• Contrast

To briefly share the main points

• Indicate

• Infer

• Describe

• Support

To figure something out using evidence

• Infer

• Describe

• Support

• Define

To note the similarities between things

• Define

• Convey

• Definitions

• Analyze

To give the meaning of a word

• Summarize

• Demonstrate

• Indicate

• Infer

To note details about something

• Convey

• Definitions

• Analyze

• Explain

To examine something in detail

• Analyze

• Explain

• Illustrate

• Compare

To make something clear with an example

• Definitions

• Analyze

• Explain

• Illustrate

To make something clear

• Interpret

• Summarize

• Demonstrate

• Indicate