Unit 6: The HL Essay
Topic 6.4: Structuring the essay Questions
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Quick warm-up — structuring the HL essay
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Answer on HL-essay structure. (Exam-style practice.)
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Let's build it up, one step at a time — outlining a developed HL-essay structure
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HL-ESSAY PLANNING TASK. Using the short original work below, produce a clear STRUCTURE for an HL essay.
LINE OF INQUIRY (given): How does the writer use the imagery of the garden to explore control and letting go?
Produce: (1) an introduction outline (line of inquiry + thesis); (2) three developing body-paragraph points; (3) a conclusion that answers ‘so what?’. (In the real HL essay you write 1,200–1,500 words on your own studied work.)
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