How toppers approached this question
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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
The spine toppers built
Open
- Define the key term first
- Context-hook opening
Build
- Numbered enumeration
- Problems then remedies
- Multi-dimensional buckets
Close
- Forward-looking close
- Verdict conclusion
Moves they converged on
- Numbered enumeration71% of answers
Enumerate points as a numbered list.
- Example as evidence68% of answers
Tag a concrete example explicitly as evidence.
- Define the key term first55% of answers
Open by defining the central term.
- Forward-looking close52% of answers
Close on a forward-looking, aspirational note.
- Problems then remedies52% of answers
Pair each problem with a remedy.
- Data as argument48% of answers
Use a figure to carry the argument, not decorate it.
- Multi-dimensional buckets42% of answers
Sort points into clear dimensions (social, economic…).
- Named scheme as evidence42% of answers
Cite a named scheme as evidence.
Evidence toppers carried (per answer)
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