Unit 6: The HL Essay
Topic 6.1: Understanding the HL essay Questions
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A quick starter — what the HL essay is
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Answer on the HL essay. (Exam-style practice.)
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One step at a time — recognising a valid HL-essay plan
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HL-ESSAY PLANNING TASK. Using the short original work below as if it were one work you had studied, plan an HL essay.
Produce: (1) a focused, arguable line of inquiry (question) about this ONE work; (2) a one-sentence thesis answering it; (3) three analytical points about authorial choices that would develop the argument. (In the real HL essay you write 1,200–1,500 words on your own studied work.)
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