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b) It is not power, but fear that corrupts. Fear of losing power corrupts those who wield it and fear of the scourge of power corrupts those who are subject to it. Examine the statement in context of political corruption.
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
Examine
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
- Numbered enumeration62% of answers
Enumerate points as a numbered list.
- Example as evidence54% of answers
Tag a concrete example explicitly as evidence.
- Verdict conclusion52% of answers
End with a clear verdict.
- Define the key term first48% of answers
Open by defining the central term.
- Both sides before the verdict38% of answers
Weigh both sides before taking a stand.
Evidence toppers carried (per answer)
Current events ~1Thinkers ~1Examples ~1Sections / code provisions ~1Statutes ~1Concepts ~1Data points ~1Other anchors ~1
Case anatomy · Corruption
- Ethical issues96% of toppers
- Chosen option94% of toppers
- Justification89% of toppers
- Options70% of toppers
- Stakeholders64% of toppers
- Values in conflict62% of toppers
GS4 · Examine: derived from 82 real past-paper answers: counts, not copied prose
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