Unit 1: Analysing Texts
Topic 1.1: Understanding Analysis Questions
Practice 20 exam-style questions for IB English A: Lang & Lit SL Topic 1.1. Review the question stems below, then unlock the full Question Bank to access markschemes, model answers, and AI grading.
1Identify4 marks
2026• Aimnova warm-up — 1.1.7
Ease in — seeing a big global issue inside a small personal story
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2026• Aimnova warm-up — 1.1.1
Quick check to start — analysis vs summary (choice → effect → meaning)
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2026• Aimnova warm-up — 1.1.6
Quick check to start — theme (topic) vs message (the point about it)
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2026• Aimnova warm-up — 1.1.3
Quick warm-up — how context (who/when/where/why) shapes meaning
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2026• Aimnova warm-up — 1.1.5
A quick starter — reading the target audience from the writer's choices
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2026• Aimnova warm-up — 1.1.2
Ease in — the Read · TAP · Hunt · Explain routine
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2026• Aimnova warm-up — 1.1.4
Warm up first — spotting a text's purpose (persuade / inform / instruct / entertain)
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2026• Aimnova practice — 1.1.1 (text B)
Read the short text, then answer. (Exam-style practice.)
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2026• Aimnova guided — 1.1.3
Let's build it up, one step at a time — using context to make an appeal persuasive
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2026• Aimnova guided — 1.1.7
Piece it together, step by step — showing a big global issue through one person's experience
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2026• Aimnova practice — 1.1.1 (text A)
Read the short text, then answer. (Exam-style practice.)
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2026• Aimnova guided — 1.1.1
Work through it in small steps — turning a writer's choices into meaning
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2026• Aimnova practice — 1.1.2 (text A)
Read the short text, then answer. (Exam-style practice.)
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2026• Aimnova practice — 1.1.2 (text B)
Read the short text, then answer. (Exam-style practice.)
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2026• Aimnova practice — 1.1.3 (text B)
Read the short text, then answer. (Exam-style practice.)
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2026• Aimnova guided — 1.1.2
Piece it together, step by step — running Read · TAP · Hunt · Explain on a real text
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2026• Aimnova practice — 1.1.3 (text A)
Read the short text and its source, then answer. (Exam-style practice.)
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2026• Aimnova guided — 1.1.4
Take it step by step — how choices serve a text's purpose
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2026• Aimnova guided — 1.1.5
One step at a time — how a text is aimed at a particular audience
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2026• Aimnova practice — 1.1.6 (text A)
Read the short text, then answer. (Exam-style practice.)
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