Unit 6: The HL Essay
Topic 6.6: Academic writing Questions
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A quick starter — academic register in the HL essay
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Answer on academic register. (Exam-style practice.)
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One step at a time — rewriting into academic register
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HL-ESSAY PLANNING TASK. Using the short original work below, write ONE fully academic paragraph of an HL essay (embedded evidence + critical vocabulary + precise effects).
LINE OF INQUIRY (given): How does the writer use images of weather to present emotional numbness?
Produce: (1) a topic sentence in academic register; (2) a paragraph analysing one or two embedded quotations in precise, formal, critical language. (In the real HL essay you write 1,200–1,500 words on your own studied work.)
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