Keywords
(taken form Heinemann Australian student dictionary, 6th ed. (1999) Heinemann Educational Australia, Port Melbourne, Vic.)
- Hypothesis - a suggestion or statement offered as an explanation or starting point for discussion
- Analyse - to examine critically
- Argue - to give reasons for or against something
- Assess - to estimate the value of something
- Compare - to note the similarities or differences
- Contrast - to compare by showing differences
- Criticize - to make judgments as to merits or faults
- Define - to describe the nature or properties of
- Describe - to give a picture or account of something
- Discuss - to argue for and against
- Evaluate - to judge or estimate the value of
- Examine - to inspect, investigate carefully or in detail
- Give an example - a problem or exercise used to illustrate a general principle or set of rules
- Explain - to make clear and understandable
- Identity - to prove or recognise as being a certain thing
- Illustrate - to make clear or explain
- Investigate - to examine or search into thoroughly, especially to discover facts, causes etc.
- Outline - give a summary or account of
- Summarize - to make a short clear statement of the important details