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  • Analyse (6):
    PADL Technique:
    • 𝙋𝘌𝙏𝙏𝙀𝙍𝙉 - find the overall trend and whether it's increasing, decreasing, stable, and how fast (e.g. exponentially)/when (e.g. year)
    • 𝘌𝙉𝙊𝙈𝘌𝙇𝙄𝙀𝙎 - locate anomalies and compare them to the other data
    • 𝘿𝘌𝙏𝘌 𝙈𝘌𝙉𝙄𝙋𝙐𝙇𝘌𝙏𝙄𝙊𝙉 - include data manipulation such as highest, lowest, range, mean, ratios, percentages, proportions
    • 𝙇𝙄𝙉𝙆𝙎 & 𝘟𝙊𝙉𝙉𝙀𝘟𝙏𝙄𝙊𝙉𝙎: if given two figures make links and connections between them
    NO CASE STUDIES/APPLICATION
  • 20 Marker Paragraph Structure:
    • P - point
    (answer the question using its key terms)
    • E - example
    (AO1 knowledge e.g. case studies e.g. "for example")
    • A - application
    (how does this answer the question, AO1+AO2 and consider the significance e.g. "this leads to")
    • C - criticisms
    (e.g. "however" / "although")
    • E - evaluate
    (link back to the question e.g. "therefore" / "overall")
  • ‘𝘛𝘩𝘊 𝘊𝘀𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘀 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘀𝘵𝘎 𝘰𝘧 𝘊𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘩𝘲𝘶𝘢𝘬𝘊𝘎 𝘢𝘳𝘊 𝘢𝘭𝘞𝘢𝘺𝘎 𝘚𝘳𝘊𝘢𝘵𝘊𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘊 𝘎𝘰𝘀𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘀𝘵𝘎’ 𝘛𝘰 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘊𝘹𝘵𝘊𝘯𝘵 𝘥𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘚𝘳𝘊𝘊?’
    Recognise the contention in this question – 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 ‘𝗮𝗹𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗎𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿’?
  • ‘𝘈𝘎𝘎𝘊𝘎𝘎 𝘵𝘩𝘊 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘀𝘊 𝘰𝘧 𝘚𝘰𝘷𝘊𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘯𝘀𝘊 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘊 𝘎𝘶𝘀𝘀𝘊𝘎𝘎𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘚𝘊𝘮𝘊𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘊𝘀𝘵𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘀 𝘩𝘢𝘻𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘎’.
    Spot the hidden agenda. 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗌𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗌𝗿𝘀 𝗰𝗌𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗯𝗲 𝗶𝗺𝗜𝗌𝗿𝘁𝗮𝗻𝘁?
  • ‘𝘛𝘰 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘊𝘹𝘵𝘊𝘯𝘵 𝘥𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘚𝘳𝘊𝘊 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘎𝘊𝘪𝘎𝘮𝘪𝘀 𝘊𝘷𝘊𝘯𝘵𝘎 𝘞𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘭𝘞𝘢𝘺𝘎 𝘚𝘊𝘯𝘊𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘊 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘊 𝘞𝘪𝘥𝘊𝘎𝘱𝘳𝘊𝘢𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘎𝘊𝘷𝘊𝘳𝘊 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘀𝘵𝘎 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘷𝘰𝘭𝘀𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘀 𝘊𝘷𝘊𝘯𝘵𝘎?’
    Recognise the contention - 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗎𝗲 𝗌𝗳 𝗶𝗺𝗜𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘀.
  • ‘𝘌𝘷𝘢𝘭𝘶𝘢𝘵𝘊 𝘵𝘩𝘊 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘀𝘊 𝘰𝘧 𝘳𝘊𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘚 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘊 𝘎𝘶𝘀𝘀𝘊𝘎𝘎 𝘰𝘧 𝘳𝘊𝘚𝘊𝘯𝘊𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯’.
    Note two hidden agendas here: importance and success. 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗰𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗮 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗯𝗲 𝘂𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗳𝗌𝗿 𝗯𝗌𝘁𝗵?
  • ‘𝘛𝘕𝘊𝘎 𝘢𝘳𝘊 𝘵𝘩𝘊 𝘮𝘰𝘎𝘵 𝘎𝘪𝘚𝘯𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘀𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘧𝘢𝘀𝘵𝘰𝘳 𝘪𝘯 𝘀𝘳𝘊𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘚 𝘶𝘯𝘊𝘲𝘶𝘢𝘭 𝘧𝘭𝘰𝘞𝘎 𝘰𝘧 𝘱𝘊𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘊 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘊𝘺 𝘞𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯 𝘚𝘭𝘰𝘣𝘢𝘭 𝘎𝘺𝘎𝘵𝘊𝘮𝘎. 𝘏𝘰𝘞 𝘧𝘢𝘳 𝘥𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘚𝘳𝘊𝘊 𝘞𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘎 𝘎𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘊𝘮𝘊𝘯𝘵?’
    Here we have complicated demands: 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗌𝘀𝘁 𝘀𝗶𝗎𝗻𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗳𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗌𝗿; 𝗜𝗲𝗌𝗜𝗹𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗺𝗌𝗻𝗲𝘆; 𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗟𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆.
  • When it comes to ‘to what extent’ or ‘how far do you agree’ questions:
    • never ‘sit on the fence’
    • equally, it is best to avoid extreme agreement or disagreement
    • an 'agree because, but
...' or a 'disagree because, but
...' judgement is often the best position to take.
    • A good conclusion acknowledges explicitly that any conclusion reached is likely to be partial because there are so many ways of thinking about the issue, and/or so many perspectives to consider.
    • It should refer to the most significant facts which have been featured in the main body of the essay (in support of an evidence-based final judgement).
    • It may make reference to specialist geographical theories, terms or ideas in order to add 'weight' to the final judgement.
    • Finally, it may establish connections between different ideas and themes that are featured in the essay.
  • 𝙄𝙉𝙏𝙍𝙊𝘿𝙐𝘟𝙄𝙉𝙂 𝙄𝘿𝙀𝘌𝙎:
    To evaluate the role of
.. this essay aims to provide a discussion of
.
  • 𝙄𝙉𝙏𝙍𝙊𝘿𝙐𝘟𝙄𝙉𝙂 𝙄𝘿𝙀𝘌𝙎:
    This essay seeks to investigate/evaluate/assess the impact of 
. in relation to
.
  • 𝙄𝙉𝙏𝙍𝙊𝘿𝙐𝘟𝙄𝙉𝙂 𝙄𝘿𝙀𝘌𝙎:
    One aspect which illustrates
. can be identified as

  • 𝙄𝙉𝙏𝙍𝙊𝘿𝙐𝘟𝙄𝙉𝙂 𝙄𝘿𝙀𝘌𝙎:
    The current debate about 
.. has recently been challenged by 
..
  • 𝙀𝙓𝙋𝘌𝙉𝘿𝙄𝙉𝙂 𝙄𝘿𝙀𝘌𝙎:
    Building on from the idea that 
.. this section illustrates that 

  • 𝙀𝙓𝙋𝘌𝙉𝘿𝙄𝙉𝙂 𝙄𝘿𝙀𝘌𝙎:
    To further evaluate the role of 
.. this section explores the idea that 
.
  • 𝙀𝙓𝙋𝘌𝙉𝘿𝙄𝙉𝙂 𝙄𝘿𝙀𝘌𝙎:
    Another line of argument on 
. demonstrates that 
.
  • 𝘟𝙊𝙉𝙏𝙍𝘌𝙎𝙏𝙄𝙉𝙂 𝙄𝘿𝙀𝘌𝙎:
    However, another angle on this debate suggests that 
.
  • 𝘟𝙊𝙉𝙏𝙍𝘌𝙎𝙏𝙄𝙉𝙂 𝙄𝘿𝙀𝘌𝙎:
    In contrast to evidence which suggests 
. an alternative view is that 
.
  • 𝘟𝙊𝙉𝙏𝙍𝘌𝙎𝙏𝙄𝙉𝙂 𝙄𝘿𝙀𝘌𝙎:
    Not all research shows that 
.. Some evidence states that 
.
  • 𝙎𝙐𝙈𝙈𝘌𝙏𝙄𝙊𝙉 𝙊𝙁 𝘌 𝙋𝘌𝙍𝘌𝙂𝙍𝘌𝙋𝙃:
    This evidence highlights that 
.
  • 𝙎𝙐𝙈𝙈𝘌𝙏𝙄𝙊𝙉 𝙊𝙁 𝘌 𝙋𝘌𝙍𝘌𝙂𝙍𝘌𝙋𝙃:
    There is therefore general agreement that
.
  • 𝙎𝙐𝙈𝙈𝘌𝙏𝙄𝙊𝙉 𝙊𝙁 𝘌 𝙋𝘌𝙍𝘌𝙂𝙍𝘌𝙋𝙃:
    The strength of such an approach is that
.
  • 𝘟𝙊𝙉𝘟𝙇𝙐𝘿𝙄𝙉𝙂:
    Having considered all of the evidence, the extent to which there can be agreement with the statement is 

  • 𝘟𝙊𝙉𝘟𝙇𝙐𝘿𝙄𝙉𝙂:
    The majority of the evidence presented in this essay shows that 
.
  • 𝘟𝙊𝙉𝘟𝙇𝙐𝘿𝙄𝙉𝙂:
    To conclude, this essay has addressed a number of significant factors, which tend to point towards
.