How toppers approached this question
2. (a) "The challenge of power lies in its responsible application rather than its irresponsible and indulgent use—specifically, how to motivate those in power to serve the public rather than exploit it." Analyse the relationship between power and public service. Do you believe that the concept of power conflicts with the ideal of service, or do they complement each other? Substantiate your viewpoint.
How toppers built answers of this type: the structure spine and the moves they converged on. Aggregated across real past-paper answers for this paper and directive, not this one question, so no question-specific evidence is shown. No answer text is reproduced.
The topper method
Analyse
The spine toppers built
Open
- Define the key term first
- Context-hook opening
Build
- Numbered enumeration
- Directive-mirroring headers
- Multi-dimensional buckets
Close
- Verdict conclusion
- Forward-looking close
Moves they converged on
- Numbered enumeration62% of answers
Enumerate points as a numbered list.
- Define the key term first54% of answers
Open by defining the central term.
- Example as evidence46% of answers
Tag a concrete example explicitly as evidence.
- Verdict conclusion38% of answers
End with a clear verdict.
- ‘However’ pivot36% of answers
Pivot to nuance with a qualifier.
Evidence toppers carried (per answer)
Concepts ~2Examples ~1Thinkers ~1Current events ~1
Case anatomy · Public service values
- Chosen option97% of toppers
- Justification96% of toppers
- Ethical issues95% of toppers
- Stakeholders78% of toppers
- Options76% of toppers
- Values in conflict70% of toppers
GS4 · Analyse: derived from 50 real past-paper answers: counts, not copied prose
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