Many works of literature revolve around a journey, literal, figurative, or both—for example, from one place to another, from ignorance to knowledge, from self-centeredness to altruism. Discuss how the journey theme enhances two works you have studied.
Choose 2 of the 4. Write one essay today, and the other you will write tomorrow. You must use 2 works for each essay (and 4 works in total — different works for each essay). For poets and short stories, you may use 1-3 as one “work”
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term: min 5-6 sides
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Vivid and striking imagery can be an essential feature of literature. Referring to two works on your OIB syllabus, discuss how the writers use imagery in particularly effective ways, and to what ends
“A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.” –Albert Einstein. Discuss the ways in which knowledge may or may not be dangerous in two works you have read in your OIB curriculum.
Literature often explores “the battle of the sexes.” Paying close attention to the causes and consequences of gender conflict, discuss this theme in two works you have read.
Many works of literature revolve around a journey, literal, figurative, or both—for example, from one place to another, from ignorance to knowledge, from self-centeredness to altruism. Discuss how the journey theme enhances two works you have studied.
Send essay back for around 16h. 16h30 at the latest.
Thel Mina does a really great job of always linking what is happening in the language/devices/style/what the author is “doing” to her thematic argument (how the language choices enhance a point, develop a theme — she always links language to meaning).
General comments:
Make sure your thesis and your essay refer to the main concepts asked of you in the question (and reguarly link back to these concepts/ remind us of the the main goal + point of your argument)
When producing maps make sure there are no more than 10-15 symbols used in the legend (ideally 12).
Legends should be hierarchically categorized (through use of colour and size of symbols) using all four types of representation (areas, lines, arrows, points). Places and names must also be correctly labelled on the map.
The 4 basic types of symbols that can be included on your map in order to represent information are:
Areas (e.g. state at the heart of globalization)
Lines (e.g. a communication route such as a railway)
Arrows (e.g. merchandise flows)
Points (e.g. the location of a city)
This document explains how to construct a map and organize the legend in a hierarchical sense:
There are many different types of map projections that exist, some that you may come across in lessons include:
– the familiar Mercator projection which is less accurate with distance from the equator:
One of the most common criticisms of the Mercator map is that it exaggerates the size of countries nearer the poles (US, Russia, Europe), while downplaying the size of those near the equator (the African Continent). On the Mercator projection Greenland appears to be roughly the same size as Africa. In reality, Greenland is 0.8 million sq. miles and Africa is 11.6 million sq. miles, nearly 14 and a half times larger.
– the Lambert projection which projects the surface onto a cone:
– and the Breisemeister projection developed in 1953 which presents land masses more centrally and with less distortion:
Each has advantages and disadvantages, watch the video below for more explanation:
The megacity Mumbai is located in the state of Maharashtra in India on the west coast of India with an extended metropolitan population of around of 20.4 million inhabitants. It used to be known as Bombay until its name was officially changed in 1995.
It accounts for 1/3 of India’s tax revenue and is experiencing massive urbanisation due the growth of its economy in manufacturing. An increase in tertiary sector jobs such as IT and financial services means it has become a major centre for out-sourced work. It also has one of the largest film industries in the world located there, ‘Bollywood’. Despite this 42% of its population live in slums. One major slum or squatter settlement is Dharavi, which is home to 1 million people. Dharavi is located between two railway lines on a low-lying land once a garbage dump. A highway that divides the formal city from the informal city determines which areas are slums and which areas are not. A slum is a term that people use to identify unauthorized and illegal residents. Slums often lack basic amenities, including safety measures.
This chapter is about how, at the global scale, the principal places and actors involved in the production of wealth are undergoing change, becoming more numerous and interconnected in addition to being concentrated in metropolises and along the coasts.
Learning Objectives
Identify the different types of production areas
To be able to define the role of different actors in the supply chain
Understand how production areas constitute networks
Understand the New International Division of Labor
Understand how the digital economy influences production area
Key Questions
What are the different types of production areas?
How are production areas changing in the context of globalization?
What are the major actors of production at different scales?
To what extent do flows drive global production?
What is the impact of the digital economy on production area?
How do metropolises and coastal areas fit into production networks?
Explanation of globalization and how it affects economy, politics and culture (8m):
Globalisation involves widening and deepening global connections, interdependence and flows (commodities, capital, information, migrants and tourists).
This means increases in flows of:
goods and services (including commodities) products and commodities, that can be bought, and are often made or grown in other countries
capital: flows of money between people, banks, businesses and governments
people (including migrants and tourists)
information e.g. data transferred between businesses and people, often using the internet
Supply Chain: a connected system of organizations, activities, information and resources designed to source, produce and move goods from origin to a final destination.
Value added: amount by which value of a product increased at each stage of the production process.
How to organize the short essay on Singapore: introduction – thesis statement– development and conclusion.
Essay Plan
See below for the introduction and thesis statement example to copy.
Development paragraphs: this will likely consist of several paragraphs in which your describe and analyse how Singapore is connected first to the local region and then the wider world (docs 1, 3 and 5 can be specifically used for the local region). Remember your paragraphs all contribute evidence to the argument identified in the thesis statement.
Each paragraph should begin with a topic sentence in the first line (which shows what the paragraph will prove), followed by explanation sentences, then evidence sentences and finally a clincher or summary which restates your point
Conclusion: Summarize the evidence you have analyzed and restate your argument which you could do by reformulating your topic sentences. Do not introduce any new information in the conclusion or open up a new issue (Elvis has left the building or drop the mic ending).
Remember BFI American Section Geography essays are written in the present tense, do not use first person personal pronouns and they generally have shorter paragraphs compared to French HG compositions.
Title: To what extent is Singapore firmly connected to the regional and wider world economy?
The city-state of Singapore is located at the southern tip of the Malaysian peninsula on one of the most frequented shipping lanes and operates the world’s second busiest container port. Heavily urbanized, with a population of just under 6 million inhabitants, it also hosts the planet’s sixth larget stock market. The presence of significant numbers of multinational firms provides further clear indication of the extent to the ways in which Singapore is intricately weaved into both the regional and wider world economy.
The reconfiguration of rural spaces is characterized by the paradox of closer links between rural and urban areas whilst some rural areas at the same time are excluded and remain peripheral. The state of Texas presents dramatic contrasts between urban and rural spaces. The state is experiencing impressive population growth and immigration along the Mexican border while rural communities struggle to maintain public services.
Introduction PowerPoint for Theme 3
This is a useful starting point for key ideas in this theme including the differing importance of rural areas in national economies, the concept of the urban-rural continuum and an understanding of rural fragmentation and rural gentrification:
An example Map of Rural Change and Challenges in Texas which you can use to create your own map (with around 12 symbols in the legend) – don’t try and copy it all that is not the objective of the exercise!
China and several of its neighbours have been involved in a decades-long dispute over who controls the South China Sea. China claims most of the sea as its territory, but the Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia, Brunei and Taiwan say parts of the sea belong to them. Tensions have risen over the years and resulted in several confrontations as well as US involvement. The South China Morning Post looks at the origins of the dispute, what these countries are fighting over and what they’re doing to assert their territorial claims.