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Paper 2: final tips and reminders
This page is designed to give you some important reminders and tips as you prepare for the final paper 2 examination. In the weeks and days leading up to the examination, revising your chosen texts is...
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Structuring the oral
Organising the Individual Oral Presentation is no easy task. There are many factors to bear in mind and many decisions to make in order for the assessment to score as highly as possible. You may wish...
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Revising Paper 2 texts
It is sometimes mistakenly thought that English is a hard subject to revise - or even that you can't revise for it. Whilst it may well differ in comparison with subjects characterised by a lot of prescribed,...
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Sample EE 4: King Lear
This essay could be described with the epithet that damns with faint praise - "solid" - and yet it achieved an A grade as it fulfills many of the requirements of the extended essay very well. It is...
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Mind your language
25% of the marks in Paper 1 are for your use of language. As such, it is important you get to know yourself as a writer and work on developing the accuracy, precision and variety of your written language. ...
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Sample EE 2: We Need To Talk About Kevin
The following essay was written in response to We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver and Frankenstein by Mary Shelley. It is a comparative essay but uses the latter text as a lens through which...
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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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Fun Home Study Guide Free
Welcome to this Study Guide for Fun Home, written specifically with IB Literature students in mind. Fun Home by Alison Bechdel is a rich and rewarding text, exploring themes of identity, memory, family,...
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Revising / analysing extracts
Although you may well be used to a digital interface when it comes to making notes, organising your folders and revising your chosen texts, it is important to note that old fashioned pen and paper are...
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Paper 1 Practice: Poetry
Poetry is typically seen as something 'difficult', abstruse or even indecipherable. It is not unusual, for this reason, to hear SL students say that they approach Paper 1 determined not to choose a poetry...
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Literary terms: self-quiz
A guaranteed way to transfer knowledge into your long term memory is to self-test or self-quiz. Using flash cards is of course an ideal way to do this. You might well use apps like Quizlet or even make...
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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...