1 legal toolkit Flashcards
Advise
To offer suggestions about the best course of action or make recommendations
Analyse
To examine a complex feature, issue or concept by breaking it down into smaller parts and showing how they relate to one another
Comment on
To express an opinion or reaction (to demonstrate your understanding of it)
Compare
To explain or discuss how concepts, definitions or features are similar and different (by identifying the qualities or features they have in common as well as those they do not)
Define
To state the exact nature, features, or meaning of a term, feature or concept
Describe
To give a detailed account of a system, process or feature
Discuss
To give a reasoned argument for and against a particular issue (and provide strengths and weaknesses if applicable). You can also give your opinion and should do so if the question asks you to give it.
Distinguish
To explain the differences and distinctive characteristics
Evaluate
To identify key features and assess their relative merits by discussing the strengths and weaknesses and providing a concluding judgment about the (overall) benefit or worth of what is being evaluated
Examine
To consider in detail and establish the key facts and important issues related to a topic or issue
Explain
To clarify a point, feature or concept by describing it in more detail or revealing relevant facts about it
How
To specify a particular way, means or method
Identify
To state or recognise a feature or factor (and possibly provide some basic facts about it)
Illustrate
To provide examples to better describe or explain a feature or concept
Justify
To show (or prove) a statement, opinion or contention to be right or reasonable by providing evidence or examples
