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Paper 2: an annotated response
It is a good idea to look at a range of sample responses for an assessment task. In doing this, you will become more familiar with the expectations of this examination and how student work is assessed...
Assessment
Paper 2: annotated response #2
It is a good idea to look at a range of sample responses for an assessment task. In doing this, you will become more familiar with the expectations of this examination and how student work is assessed...
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As you know, all IB courses go through a cycle and every 7-8 years or so, revisions (more or less radical) take place. Group 1 courses are all currently being reviewed and you can read about the outcomes...
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Paper 2 sample response #8: 'Amadeus' and 'Streetcar'
The following Paper 2 example is a response to a question concerning minor characters in texts. It is a competent response overall - demonstrating some important skills, particularly in terms of structure...
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Paper 2 sample response #7: 'Atonement' and 'In Cold Blood'
Compare how two writers you have studied choose to begin their works, and the ways in which each beginning connects to the work as a whole. This question follows the prompt of a well-known quotation from...
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Paper 2 sample response #6: Ted Hughes and Sylvia Plath
The focus for this comparative essay is metaphor and the way it is used in two poems to explore the writing process. The essay is thoughtfully organised and attends well to the implications of the title;...
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Paper 2 sample response #5: 'The Crucible' and 'I, Tituba'
What questions about power has your study of two works of literature raised? The following response compares a play, 'The Crucible' by Arthur Miller and the novel 'I Tituba' by Maryse Condé. It is well...
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Paper 2 sample response #4: 'Persepolis' and 'The Things they Carried'
The following Standard Level response answers this Paper 2 question, comparing the graphic novel Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi and the collection of stories The Things they Carried by Tim O'Brien. This...
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Paper 2 sample response #3: 'Antigone' and 'The White Tiger'
The following Higher Level response compares and contrasts a play and a novel - Antigone by Sophocles and The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga - in response to the following question: In the past it was...
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Paper 2 sample response #2: Arthur Miller and Henrik Ibsen
"Figure it out. Work a lifetime to pay off a house. You finally own it, and there's nobody to live in it." The following response compares and contrasts two plays, 'Death of a Salesman' by Arthur Miller...