Ib English Literature Paper 2 Tips Text

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While the paper 2 essay only takes 1.5 hours at sl and 2 hours at hl, in fact you can spend hours preparing for it. We recommend you see the 39 skills 39 page for further explanation on how one develops the necessary skills. On this page, you will find an overview of tips that you can apply to the preparation process. The instructions on the paper 2 exam draw your attention to the criteria that you will be assessed on. It helps to have these in the back of your mind as you respond to the question you choose to answer. Try looking at good samples and with three different colors of highlighter pens, highlights examples of each of these three.

For example, a question such as, 39 explain why your literary works are timeless 39 , will lend itself well to criterion a, where you must comment on the context in which works were written and received. Practice writing outlines for questions that appeared on previous tests or one of the specimen papers. Do research on the time period when the work was written and the authors that you have studied for part 3 works. If you take such an approach, it is not recommended to compare and contrast all of them within unified paragraphs. If you decide to write about all 3 works, spend one or two paragraphs on each work, commenting on context, style and answering the question at hand.

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It seems to me to be a basic essay, but with ib, i don 39 t know if someone could give tips on that and also how to study for the next seven days, it would be beneficial for others, including myself. Thanks 33

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You can write paragraphs for each of these features which can gain you marks that 39 s what my teacher told us. Hope this kinda helps good luck do past papers, but remember not to over do them. You don 039 t want to burn yourself out before the real exam and find that all you 039 ve used all your ideas up for the past papers.

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Make a list of literary terms to memorize for p1, including ones for prose, poetry, articles, and coming strips. Make a comparison table s for all of your set works for p2, so you can compare them based on themes and characters. If you 039 re very sure about which texts you want to write about then just concentrate on the 2 or 3 and ignore any other works you have studied. Re read your texts before the real exam to refresh your mind of what has happened in them, and you may end up picking up more quotes than you intended on memorizing that 039 s what happened to me , which may actually be useful.

Learn any literary terms specifically pertaining to them, in order to score well for criteria b. That is usually the hardest to score well in because p2 has an extra criteria that p1 doesn 039 t that 039 s why it 039 s out of 25 and not 20. Look at past essays if you can those that have scored at least 17/20 for p1 and 22/25 for p2. Those are the grade 7s that you want to be aiming for! and don 039 t forget to pee or pcq for each paragraph! also come up with a general structure for your essay and follow it it will be different for each person depending on how they want to organise it some do it in themes, others chronologically, some want to discuss a certain text first, etc. David james and nic amy for students studying the revised language a literature syllabus in english for the ib diploma. This coursebook is a clear, well structured and in depth guide to studying the revised language a literature syllabus from 2011.