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brendan:

--- Quote from: "childofbodom" ---My teacher has taught our class to write part 2 introductions using 2 paragraphs - the first to demonstrate your understanding of the broad issue relating it today's society and then the second paragraph to link the issue with the text and how the text deomnstrates/deals with the issue

I've heard very negative feedback on it as well as positive comments..
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first paragraph is unnecessary. always stay on topic and on task. second paragraph is fine. if you wanted to deal with teh value/broad issue generally in relation to today's society, then do it quickly in one or two sentences and that's it.

ninwa:
yeah, I've found you don't really need to relate to society. I never have, and the sample "high scoring" essays on examiners reports generally don't either.

I approach part 1 and part 2 essays the exact same way - by answering the question. I think that's the best thing to do, rather than worry about how to answer a part 2 essay as opposed to part 1 etc etc

melanie.dee:
agreed. if you answer the question, you won't have any problems. the questions involves themes, ideas of a larger scale.. if you address these, then you are addressing the part 2 part of the question.

Markos:
I'll give an example of an introduction that my teacher said was spot on for a part 2 text response

Hard Times demonstrates the importance of imagination and beauty in the lives of adults as well as the lives of children. Discuss.

Imagination and beauty are integral to the life of an individual as they develop compassionate character and promote active and liberal thought. In a rapidly growing industrial world, a tendency to forget the necessity of fancy and wonder in life becomes a problem as effects on both young and old people can leave a life in ruin. With a life based purely on facts, with no thought outside calculated reasoning, existence is likely to turn dull, glum and morose.
   Charles Dickens paints a sorry picture of Industrial England in his novel, Hard Times. He makes use of a fictional industrial town, Coketown, and its populace to expose the flaws of life filled with ?fact and fact alone?. The lives of characters living in this town contrast life of pure calculation with life of imagination and beauty, and supports Dickens? encouragement of a life outside the rule ?two and two are four, and nothing over?.

I have a feeling its a little long, compared with a lot of part 2 intros I've read (that don't use this 2 paragraph thing). It took me just over 10 minutes to write

Odette:

--- Quote from: "childofbodom" ---I'll give an example of an introduction that my teacher said was spot on for a part 2 text response

Hard Times demonstrates the importance of imagination and beauty in the lives of adults as well as the lives of children. Discuss.

Imagination and beauty are integral to the life of an individual as they develop compassionate character and promote active and liberal thought. In a rapidly growing industrial world, a tendency to forget the necessity of fancy and wonder in life becomes a problem as effects on both young and old people can leave a life in ruin. With a life based purely on facts, with no thought outside calculated reasoning, existence is likely to turn dull, glum and morose.
   Charles Dickens paints a sorry picture of Industrial England in his novel, Hard Times. He makes use of a fictional industrial town, Coketown, and its populace to expose the flaws of life filled with ?fact and fact alone?. The lives of characters living in this town contrast life of pure calculation with life of imagination and beauty, and supports Dickens? encouragement of a life outside the rule ?two and two are four, and nothing over?.

I have a feeling its a little long, compared with a lot of part 2 intros I've read (that don't use this 2 paragraph thing). It took me just over 10 minutes to write
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Did you mean fantasy or fancy?
Nice introduction, I don't think that's necessary though..That's just what I think :)

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