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  • The Thing Around Your Neck

    "The thing that wrapped itself around your neck, that nearly always choked you before you fell asleep, started to loosen, to let go."

  • Paper 1: new prose fiction response

    New HL Paper 1 response from May 2023 TZ2This week we have published a new Higher Level student's response to the prose extract on the May 2023...

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  • 29 May 2024
    David White
    Example Course Outline 1 (HL)
    Hi Andrea.  Chimamanda Adichie is on the PRL for both Prose: fiction and Prose: non-fiction, so this would fall under the latter category. Adichie is a popular author, mostly for her fiction although I have seen people using her non-fiction...
  • 29 May 2024
    David White
    Extended Essay: the basics
    Hi Nahia.  I don't know the songs but the essay has a literary focus which is good; the title needs clarification  - is he looking at imagery more broadly or just metaphors?.  My only other question would be if the two songs...
  • 29 May 2024
    Andrea Moon
    Example Course Outline 1 (HL)
    Hi, i'd like to do Chimamanda's Dear Ijeawele, it's described as an 'epistolary manifesto composed of 15 suggestions', it is 60 pages long and is categorised on different websites as non fiction essays... do you know of anyone who has done...
  • 28 May 2024
    David White
    Individual Oral: further advice
    Hi Ella.  This is the guidance in the FAQ:  "As regards the length of the extract in texts such as graphic novels, the guide says: 'In forms where the number of lines may not be applicable, teachers should be guided by the volume...