Your ability to evaluate how text type, style, and authorial choices shape meaning.
Paper 1 requires an analytical essay based on unseen texts. SL students write on one text, while HL students analyze two separate texts. 1. Read Actively During the 5-Minute Reading Period
Before diving into past papers, you must know what each exam demands. The structure differs slightly between Standard Level (SL) and Higher Level (HL).
Advertisements, editorials, political cartoons, transcripts, poems, or short story excerpts. Paper 2: Comparative Essay