How toppers approached this question
5. (b) While in principle most nations claim commitment to universal values, in practice these values are honoured more in breach than in the observance. In context of this statement, comment on the relevance of values in foreign policy.
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
Comment
The spine toppers built
Open
- Define the key term first
- Context-hook opening
Build
- Numbered enumeration
- Both sides before the verdict
- Directive-mirroring headers
Close
- Verdict conclusion
- Forward-looking close
Moves they converged on
- Example as evidence67% of answers
Tag a concrete example explicitly as evidence.
- Numbered enumeration61% of answers
Enumerate points as a numbered list.
- Verdict conclusion59% of answers
End with a clear verdict.
- Define the key term first56% of answers
Open by defining the central term.
- Both sides before the verdict49% of answers
Weigh both sides before taking a stand.
Evidence toppers carried (per answer)
Concepts ~1Thinkers ~1Examples ~1Other anchors ~1Current events ~1
GS4 · Comment: derived from 61 real past-paper answers: counts, not copied prose
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