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Should prisoners be given the right to vote?

Yes:Disenfranchisement increases prisoners sense of separation from society. Therefore increases anti-social behaviour.Conversely, enfranchisement (see, e.g., Tocqueville) encourages citi...

Answered by David S. • TSA Oxford tutor

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How should I structure my answer to this TSA question: Should we care more about the survival of animal species or the welfare of individual animals?

Should we care more about the survival of animal species or the welfare of individual animals?
You need to first of all decide on an argument. In this question it makes it easier to broadly pi...

Answered by Olivia L. • TSA Oxford tutor

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Is there a technique for answering worded questions?

Yes. See below Main conclusion: This will be a simple and definite setence, commonly at the end of the argument but not always. If the question asks you to draw the conclusion, not find i...

Answered by Patrick H. • TSA Oxford tutor

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We need to accept flooding as a regular occurrence in the UK. Statistics show that days of ‘extreme rain’ (very heavy rainfall) have become more common since 1960, moving from one in a hundred days on average in the 1960s to one in seventy days in 2015. T

Which one of the following best expresses the main conclusion of the argument in the above passage? A The UK has been underprepared for the effects of flooding. B The UK could learn from countries such as...

Answered by Timothy W. • TSA Oxford tutor

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What is the best preparation for the Oxford TSA?

Practice! While the TSA differs from ordinary school exams in that there is no content to revise for as such, it is not the case that there is nothing to prepare for! There is a definite skill to answerin...

Answered by Holly R. • TSA Oxford tutor

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