Paper 2C

How is the quote an effective conclusion (GIVE CONTEXT) (Others)

1. The author uses first person pronouns ‘us’ and ‘we’

• To build a sense of camaraderie and solidarity with the reader, making the argument feel more personal and engaging

• To highlight that the proposed solutions benefit the group as a whole, thus promoting a sense of unity and common purpose

2. The author ends the argument on a hopeful note

• To provide a sense of comfort that something can be done to solve/mitigate the problems posed by…

3. Reiterates/Links back to main argument that allure of shopping malls cannot withstand the test of time

Effective beginning?

1. The use of the pronoun ‘you’ addresses the reader directly, allowing the reader to connect their personal experiences with the topic of parasocial relationships

2. Uses current examples of fans’ reactions to make the topic relevant to the reader

3. Rhetorical questions provokes the reader to consider how they themselves experience parasocial relationships

How does the author illustrate that… 

• Current scientific research supports [1m] AND 

• Historical records from 600BC [1m] to show the timeless physical and psychological benefits of gardens (inferred)

Explain how the author supports his view that “woke culture obsessively cleanses the past” 

• ALWAYS example = paraphrase bits of the example to provide phrase 

• Eg. Woke activists damaged and marred imperial structures around the world, depriving ourselves the change to educate ourselves

Use of word ‘actual/even’

Use of word ‘actual/even’ = surprising, shocking

How has the concept of traditional malls changed?

PAST VS PRESENT 

Meaning of complicit

Complicit: Being involved with others in wrongdoing, usually by helping, allowing, or turning a blind eye to it = equally responsible for something

Meaning of eclectic

Eclectic - deriving ideas, style, or taste from a broad and diverse range of sources (Synonym: diverse, varied) 

Meanign fatalistic

1. Fatalistic: Pessimistic, hopeless 

• Eg. Fatalistic headlines are beginning to give way… = emphasize inevitability, doom, or resignation

Meaning tokenistic

Tokenistic: devoid of real substance, no genuine change

Synonym for research, sense of pride, positive distraction, express

1. Research - experimentation, academic study, further studies 

2. Sense of pride - of great worth, value 

3. Positive distraction - good diversion

4. Express negative feelings - vent, share, articulate unhappy thoughts

Synonym future, change, better, introduce innovation, showcase best human qualities

1. Future - better tomorrow, in time to come  

2. Change - adjustment, shifts

3. Better - superior, finer, more enhanced

4. Introduce Innovation - catalyse/drive/initiate new discoveries

5. Showcase best human qualities - display highest ideals and values of humanity

Synonyms for ideological, colonial, race, good and evil

1. Ideological: system of beliefs 

2. Colonial: imperial 

3. Race, gender, class: characteristics, markers of identity 

4. Good and evil: Moral and immoral

Synonym for nuanced judgement, conformity, norms, leadership

1. Nuanced judgement: subtle evaluation 

2. Conformity: Orthodoxy (Following traditional and accepted beliefs)

3. Norms: status quo 

4. Leadership: management

Synonym reasponsibility, hatred, anger, influence, intelligence

1. Responsibility: liability, answerability 

2. Hatred: resent 

3. Anger: fury, furare, ire 

4. Influence: sway, conditioned

5. Intelligence: analytical, evaluative, cognitive

Synonyms for rational, sense of belonging, autonomy, m,ood

1. Rational: reason 

2. Sense of belonging: community/unity/camaraderie 

3. Autonomy: agency, opportunity to make individual decisions 

4. Mood: joyful NOT emotions 

Synonyms for inequality, endemic, exodus

1. Inequality: disparities

2. Endemic: frequent, constantly present

3. Exodus (large group of people leaving a place at the same time): departure