| Category | Cue Words | Sample Cues |
| Evaluation | Rank, Convince Judge, Decide Argue, Persuade Predict, Justify |
Which approach would be most… Why would you favor… How might the reader respond… Decide which side you would… |
| Synthesis | Plan, Construct Design, Imagine Create, Invent |
Make up… If this is all you had… Based on this problem, construct… |
| Analysis | Examine, Compare/Contrast Classify, Debate/Refute Interpret, Difference |
What did the author mean… How would you answer… How did the writer… What causes the plan to fly? |
| Application (generalize) | Select, Use Show, Solve How to, Apply Imagine, Dramatize Imitate, Organize |
What might happen if… What other reasons might… How do you make a sandwich… Imagine you were a sea monster… |
| Comprehension (translate) | Locate, Report Identify, Review Tell, Describe Summarize, Paraphrase |
Explain the… What does the picture mean? If it rains, then what? What evidence is there that… |
| Knowledge | Observe, Memorize Repeat, Recall Label, Recount Cluster, Outline Record, List |
What do you see on the table… Define photosynthesis… Outline the events in… Record the temperature every… |