IDENTIFY THREE FACTORS THAT HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO CLIMACTIC CHANGES I...
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Identify three factors that have contributed to climactic changes in the past 100 years. Describe the effects
that each has had. Discuss possible future effects.
You’ll notice that in this question you do not have the advantage of having the general topic stated for
you. But you can figure it out, and before you go any further in the question that is what you must do. If you
said climate change in the past 100 years,
you would have been correct. Now, you can go ahead and determine
the direction words. They are:
identify, describe,
and discuss.
Here are some verbs which are commonly used by teachers and test preparers to write essay questions:
show
describe
explain
identify
contrast
demonstrate
compare
contrast
discuss
list
summarize cite
prove analyze
evaluate
For each of the questions below, let’s see if you can identify the general topic and then the specific direc-
tions which you must follow to get full credit.