Y4 T 9239 - global perspectives

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Tabloid
newspaper traditionally printed on a smaller sheet of newsprint, but now found both in print and online. It contains articles which are sensationalist or part of the popular media.
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Theme
approach to a topic, particularly the seven listed in the Cambridge lnternational AS &A LeveI GlobaL Perspectives & Research syllabus. The combination of a theme with a topic can help to define a perspective on that topic.
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Theoretical
generaI ideas or rules which explain individual phenomena and are based on experimental data
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Theory
a general set of ldeas which is used to explain why we experience things in specific ways
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Therefore test
a technique which lnserts the word therefore into a text to test whether or not it is an argument
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Thesis-antithesis-synthesis:
approach to essay writing which involves establishing a perspective, exploring one that opposes it, then reaching a synthesis, or combination, between the two
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Topic
an area for study, as defìned in the list of topics in the Cambridge lnternationaLAS & A LeveI GlobaI Perspectives & Research
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Topic sentence
the first sentence of a paragraph which summarises its content, including the argument lt presents
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