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HL essay exemplar 9: Persepolis
HL Essay Exemplar 9: Persepolis by Marjane SatrapiThis sample essay is a response to the graphic novel memoir, Persepolis, by Marjane Satrapi. The student has a well-focused question that allows for...
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HL essay exemplar 10: Pablo Neruda
HL Essay exemplar 10: Pablo Neruda's poetry The sample essay is available as a PDF below and can also be seen by clicking on the icon underneath the PDF viewer. Sample HL essay: Pablo Neruda To what...
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HL essay - new sample response Free
This week we have posted a new sample HL essay and, in response to a request from one of our subscribers, this one is not as strong as many of the other examples we have previously put on the site. ...
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HL essay exemplar 7: Perfume
This essay addresses on an explicitly literary idea, which is helpful - although it could have been expressed a little more succinctly. For the most part the essay scores quite well, especially in terms...
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HL essay exemplar 2: Madame Bovary
The following essay, based on the famous novel by Flaubert, identifies a clear and focused topic, which allows the student to explore the novel in a relatively detailed manner. It is a fairly strong response,...
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HL essay exemplar 3: Art
The following response, based on the play 'Art' by French playwright Yasmina Reza, is an excellent example of a HL essay. It is the result of a student choosing a text that engaged them and using their...
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HL essay exemplar 5: The Handmaid's Tale
HL Essay Exemplar 5: The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood. The sample essay is available as a PDF and can also be seen by clicking on the icon below. Sample HL Essay: 'The Handmaid's Tale' The Handmaid’s...
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HL essay exemplar 4: The Unbearable Lightness of Being
The following response, based on the novel The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera, is another excellent example of a HL essay. This essay was the result of a student pursuing a specific area...
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HL essay exemplar 8: Ted Hughes
Ted Hughes is a popular choice of writer and works well in more or less any area of the course. This may be to do with the way his exploration of content is very much wrapped up in his language and style....
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HL essay exemplar 6: The White Tiger
HL Essay Exemplar 6: The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga. The sample essay is available as a PDF and can also be seen by clicking on the icon below. Sample HL Essay: 'The White Tiger' HL English A...