Discuss:
- Most commonly asked, ambiguous, depends on question.
- Write anything you want about the topic, various perspectives, include examples and opinions.
- It demands a logical answer
- Writing the answer as if we are talking to Examiner
Describe < Explain < Elaborate:
- Apply theoretical knowledge, Why/How something is happening in detail.
Elucidate/Exemplify:
- To make it clear with examples and evidences
Comment/Views:
- Asking your opinion/ reaction, take a optimistic or neutral stance, substantiate with Examples/Facts/Case studies
Evaluate < Examine < Analyse:
- Getting into details and dimensions of the topic, Favour and Against, Pro and Cons with implications and also Examples or Data/Facts to substantiate.
Enumerate: Making a list of points
Consequences-Implications-Outcomes-Results: Impact or a possible scenario
Contrast/ Distinguish/ Differentiate: Mention Differences
Compare & Contrast: Write similarities as well as differences
Significance/ Importance: What happens because it exists or what happen if it doesn’t exist.
Justify / Advocate:
- It means you have to argue in favor and write favorable comments as far as possible.
Illustrate:
- it means use examples; data, diagrams and charts to make it clearer (clarify by giving an example).
Critically:
- Used as a prefix, write about positives and negatives but make a fair unbiased judgment for a strong cause, no scope of ambiguity. Examiner should get a closure feeling while reading the answer.