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George Orwell's Essays Study Guide
Welcome to this study guide for George Orwell's essays. Orwell is on the Prescribed Reading List (PRL) and this guide has been written specifically with IB students in mind, to address such things as...
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The Awakening
Welcome to this unit of study on Kate Chopin's short 1889 novel, The Awakening. Chopin is on the Prescribed Reading List (PRL) and these pages have been written specifically with IB students in mind,...
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George Orwell's Essays: Before Reading
This is the first, introductory page for studying George Orwell’s essays. Orwell is widely studied in the IB Diploma. Not surprisingly, it is Nineteen Eighty-Four that is most often taught, and it is...
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The Great Gatsby Study Guide
Welcome to this Study Guide for The Great Gatsby, written specifically with IB Literature students in mind. Each page focusses on a chapter so can be used as a way to review as you work your way through...
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Fun Home Chapter 7
Quiz Test your knowledge of this chapter and how it concludes the book with this quick quiz. Intertextuality The central texts used in the final chapter are Homer's The Odyssey and James Joyce's Ulysses...
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Paper 2: a guide for students
Paper 2: a guide for students This guide is designed to help you prepare for the Paper 2 examination, the comparative essay in response to one of four given general questions. The pages in this guide...
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Fun Home Chapter 1
Use the questions and activities below to help you explore Chapter 1. Before reading Discuss the following aspects: The Cover: look at how the book is presented - whichever edition you have, look at...
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Why study literature?
Studying literary works can be said to matter for a whole host of reasons - whether personal, social or cultural. Considering both what the different purposes might be said to be and what is going on...
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Introduction to DP Language A: Literature
Welcome to the Inthinking site for Language A: Literature! The site is designed to tell you everything you need to know about the course, provide help and advice on best practice, and show you how to...
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Fun Home Chapter 6
For this chapter, we are going to consider how Bechdel uses Text, Subtext, Context, Intertext and Metatext to create meaning. Work through the questions and activities below to help you explore Chapter...