Analyse, to break an issue into its constituent parts; to look in depth at each part using supporting arguments and/or evidence for and against as well as how these interrelate to one another., Evaluate, to give your verdict as to what extent a statement or findings within a piece of research are true, or to what extent you agree with them; to provide arguments which both agree with and contradict the statement or finding; to come to a final conclusion, based on what you judge to be the most important factors and justifying how you have made your choice., Discuss, to use carefully-selected arguments and reasoning in order to make a case for or against sth, or to point out the advantages and disadvantages of sth, in order to arrive at a conclusion. ‘To what extent…’ questions tend to fall under this category., Compare, to identify the similarities and differences between two or more phenomena; to say if any of the shared similarities or differences are more important than others., Explain, to clarify a topic by giving a detailed account as to how and why it occurs, or what is meant by the use of this term in a particular context., Implications, consider the likely impacts, consequences, effects, results, repercussions etc of something (much conditional language and hedging needed to discuss these)

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