Bloom's Taxonomy's
Model Questions and Key Words

 

II. COMPREHENSION (translating, interpreting and extrapolating)
	state in your own words	classify	which are facts
	what does this mean	judge	is this the same as
	give an example	infer	select the best definition
	condense this paragraph	show	what would happen if
	state in one word	indicate	explain what is happening
	what part doesn't fit	tell	explain what is meant
	what expectations are there	translate	read the graph, table
	what are they saying	select	this represents
	what seems to be	match	is it valid that
	what seems likely	explain	show in a graph, table
	which statements support	represent	demonstrate
	what restrictions would you add

 

III. APPLICATION (to situations that are new, unfamiliar or have a new slant for students)
	predict what would happen if	explain
	choose the best statements that apply	identify the results of
	judge the effects	select
	what would result	tell what would happen
	tell how, when, where, why	tell how much change there would be

 

IV. ANALYSIS (breaking down into parts, forms)
	distinguish	what is the function of
	identify	what's fact, opinion
	what assumptions	what statement is relevant
	what motive is there	related to, extraneous to, not applicable
	what conclusions	what does author believe, assume
	make a distinction	state the point of view of
	what is the premise	state the point of view of
	what ideas apply	what ideas justify conclusion
	what's the relationship between	the least essential statements are
	what's the main idea, theme	what inconsistencies, fallacies
	what literary form is used	what persuasive technique
	implicit in the statement is

 

V. SYNTHESIS (combining elements into a pattern not clearly there before)
	create	how would you test	make up
	tell	propose an alternative	compose
	make	solve the following	formulate
	do	plan	how else would you
	choose	design	state a rule
	develop

 

VI. EVALUATION (according to some set of criteria, and state why)
	appraise	what fallacies, consistencies, inconsistencies appear
	judge	which is more important, moral, better, logical, valid, appropriate
	criticize	find the errors
	defend	compare