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What is it?
If you want more information about the Higher Level Essay, click on the PowerPoint presentation below. The goal of the PowerPoint is to introduce the Higher Level Essay to you in as friendly a manner...
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How am I graded?
Before you write your Higher Level essay, you should look at the assessment criteria. This way you know what the examiner is looking for. The best way to become familiar with the criteria is to use them...
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Can I read an example?
On this page, you will find Higher Level Essay sample responses. Use them for a wide variety of purposes: to help you understand what the assessment task is asking you to do; to recognize the qualities...
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Paper 1: Sample Response 7 (Men's Health ii)
Recently (in December 2020), we published a Paper 1 response to the front cover of the lifestyle magazine, Men's Health. Subscribers can find the response here. We marked it. It was a strong response,...
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Paper 1: Sample Response 13 (Watches)
As the May 2021 exams approach, many of us are trying to find a variety of texts to help prepare students for their Paper 1 exam. Working with past exams and modifying them is one great approach to take. ...
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Paper 1: Sample Response 2 (George Monbiot, The Unlearning)
Here is our second 'new course' sample Paper 1 response. It is the first of three sample responses we will be publishing that are written about the essays of George Monbiot. This is, by some margin, the...
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Paper 1: Sample Response 5 (Wine)
The Paper 1 response published on this page is written with a good degree of understanding for the ways in which language works. In its execution it shows a knowledge of language that is uncommon among...
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Paper 1: Sample Response 6 (Men's Health i)
The following Paper 1 is a response to the front cover of Men’s Health, and is the first of several Paper 1 responses to Men’s Health front covers that we are publishing. The students who wrote these...
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Paper 1: Sample Response 1 (How to Attract Women Without Even Trying)
This analysis responds thoroughly and effectively to the advertisement ‘How to attract women without even trying’. Arguably, the somewhat sexually explicit nature of the advertisement makes it a rather...
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Paper 1: Sample Response 14 (Aspen Trees)
This sample response comes from the November 2020 examination session. It is - like Sample Response 13 - a modified version of an "old" exam to fit the new Paper 1 requirements. A guiding question was...