Identify the correct meaning of the expression A counsel of despair.
Note
A counsel of despair means advice that accepts failure and offers no real hope. The correct answer is this meaning because the expression is used figuratively, not only by its literal words.
Examples:
- Telling students to stop trying would be a counsel of despair.
- In an HSC essay, A counsel of despair can express this meaning: advice that accepts failure and offers no real hope.
- When this expression appears in a passage, connect A counsel of despair with the idea of advice that accepts failure and offers no real hope.
