Unit 6: The HL Essay
Topic 6.8: Examiner feedback and common mistakes Questions
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Ease in — common HL-essay mistakes
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Diagnose the mistakes. (Exam-style practice.)
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Piece it together, step by step — diagnosing and fixing HL-essay mistakes
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HL-ESSAY TASK. Below is a weak HL-essay paragraph. Diagnose its big-four mistakes and rewrite it.
LINE OF INQUIRY: How does the writer use the motif of hands to present power?
Produce: (1) which mistakes it makes; (2) a rewritten analytical paragraph. (In the real HL essay you write 1,200–1,500 words on your own studied work.)
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