Six ways a question
can ask you to think.

Separate the order in which events cause one another from the order in which you may write the sentences. A later event can open the sentence. A later event cannot cause an earlier one.

Build a chain from cause to outcome. A description of what happens is not yet an explanation of why or how. The word “therefore” does not supply the missing link.

Name the parts, how they affect each other, what goes in and out, and where a change comes back. Look for delays and for effects nobody intended. Use this when the question is about a whole response, not a single isolated fact.

Separate what was observed from what is claimed, what would support the claim, what is being assumed, and what conclusion is actually allowed. Correlation is not, by itself, causation.

Compare both things on the same feature. The overlap is what both do. A contrast names both sides of that feature: X does this, and Y does not. Two separate descriptions are not a comparison.

When the command asks you to assess, evaluate, discuss or comment, weigh the evidence, use criteria, include a limit, and decide. Do not add a judgement to a question that only asked you to describe or compare.