List of Action Verbs
Knowledge
Bloom's Definition: Remember previously learned information.
- Arrange
- Define
- Describe
- Duplicate
- Identify
- Label
- List
- Match
- Memorize
- Name
- Order
- Outline
- Recognize
- Relate
- Recall
- Repeat
- Reproduce
- Select
- State
Comprehension
Bloom's Definition: Demonstrate an understanding of the facts.
- Classify
- Convert
- Defend
- Describe
- Discuss
- Distinguish
- Estimate
- Explain
- Express
- Extend
- Generalized
- Give example(s)
- Identify
- Indicate
- Infer
- Locate
- Paraphrase
- Predict
- Recognize
- Rewrite
- Review
- Select
- Summarize
- Translate
Application
Bloom's Definition: Apply knowledge to actual situations.
- Apply
- Change
- Choose
- Compute
- Demonstrate
- Discover
- Dramatize
- Employ
- Illustrate
- Interpret
- Manipulate
- Modify
- Operate
- Practice
- Predict
- Prepare
- Produce
- Relate
- Schedule
- Show
- Sketch
- Solve
- Use
- Write
Analysis
Bloom's Definition: Break down objects or ideas into simpler parts and find evidence to support generalizations.
- Analyze
- Appraise
- Breakdown
- Calculate
- Categorize
- Compare
- Contrast
- Criticize
- Diagram
- Differentiate
- Discriminate
- Distinguish
- Examine
- Experiment
- Identify
- Illustrate
- Infer
- Model
- Outline
- Point out
- Question
- Relate
- Select
- Separate
- Subdivide
- Test
Synthesis
Bloom's Definition: Compile component ideas into a new whole or propose alternative solutions.
- Arrange
- Assemble
- Categorize
- Collect
- Combine
- Comply
- Compose
- Construct
- Create
- Design
- Develop
- Devise
- Explain
- Formulate
- Generate
- Plan
- Prepare
- Rearrange
- Reconstruct
- Relate
- Reorganize
- Revise
- Rewrite
- Set up
- Summarize
- Synthesize
- Tell
- Write
Evaluation
Bloom's Definition: Make and defend judgments based on internal evidence or external criteria.
- Appraise
- Argue
- Assess
- Attach
- Choose
- Compare
- Conclude
- Contrast
- Defend
- Describe
- Discriminate
- Estimate
- Evaluate
- Explain
- Judge
- Justify
- Interpret
- Relate
- Predict
- Rate
- Select
- Summarize
- Support
- Value