IB French A Lang & Lit HL · 2023 to 2025

2.5 Formes personnelles et littéraires

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2.5 Formes personnelles et littéraires

Latest exam session: November 2023

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Micro-topics in 2.5 Formes personnelles et littéraires

In syllabus order. The ring is the share of papers each appears in. 4 of them have no matching questions in this archive.

  • 0

    2.5.1

    La lettre

    No question tagged to this topic in the 20 French A HL papers analysed

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  • 5

    2.5.2

    L’extrait de mémoires

    1 question · in 5% of papers

    Less common

    last Nov 23 P1

  • 0

    2.5.3

    Le récit de voyage

    No question tagged to this topic in the 20 French A HL papers analysed

    No matches in this archiveRevise it
  • 10

    2.5.4

    L’essai

    2 questions · in 10% of papers

    Fading

    last May 23 P1

  • 0

    2.5.5

    L’extrait littéraire en prose

    No question tagged to this topic in the 20 French A HL papers analysed

    No matches in this archiveRevise it
  • 0

    2.5.6

    Le poème

    No question tagged to this topic in the 20 French A HL papers analysed

    No matches in this archiveRevise it

Exam pattern

How often each micro-topic has been examined, year by year. Each label is explained under the grid.

Does it repeat?

Questions per year for each micro-topic, including those with no matches in this archive.

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Micro-topic202120222023202420252026
2.5.4L’essaiFading · last May 23 P1
1L’essai, 2021: 1 question·L’essai, 2022: 0 questions1L’essai, 2023: 1 question·L’essai, 2024: 0 questions·L’essai, 2025: 0 questions·L’essai, 2026: 0 questions
2.5.2L’extrait de mémoiresLess common
·L’extrait de mémoires, 2021: 0 questions·L’extrait de mémoires, 2022: 0 questions1L’extrait de mémoires, 2023: 1 question·L’extrait de mémoires, 2024: 0 questions·L’extrait de mémoires, 2025: 0 questions·L’extrait de mémoires, 2026: 0 questions
2.5.1La lettreNo matches in this archive
·La lettre, 2021: 0 questions·La lettre, 2022: 0 questions·La lettre, 2023: 0 questions·La lettre, 2024: 0 questions·La lettre, 2025: 0 questions·La lettre, 2026: 0 questions
2.5.3Le récit de voyageNo matches in this archive
·Le récit de voyage, 2021: 0 questions·Le récit de voyage, 2022: 0 questions·Le récit de voyage, 2023: 0 questions·Le récit de voyage, 2024: 0 questions·Le récit de voyage, 2025: 0 questions·Le récit de voyage, 2026: 0 questions
2.5.5L’extrait littéraire en proseNo matches in this archive
·L’extrait littéraire en prose, 2021: 0 questions·L’extrait littéraire en prose, 2022: 0 questions·L’extrait littéraire en prose, 2023: 0 questions·L’extrait littéraire en prose, 2024: 0 questions·L’extrait littéraire en prose, 2025: 0 questions·L’extrait littéraire en prose, 2026: 0 questions
2.5.6Le poèmeNo matches in this archive
·Le poème, 2021: 0 questions·Le poème, 2022: 0 questions·Le poème, 2023: 0 questions·Le poème, 2024: 0 questions·Le poème, 2025: 0 questions·Le poème, 2026: 0 questions
  • Fadingused to appear, but not seen for two years or more
  • Less commonin fewer than one paper in fifteen
  • No matches in this archiveon the syllabus, but has no question tagged to it in this archive. This does not mean it has never been examined

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Questions on 2.5 Formes personnelles et littéraires, by exam session

Which papers asked about 2.5 Formes personnelles et littéraires, and which question numbers. Open a paper to see them highlighted.

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Which French A HL exam sessions are covered for 2.5 Formes personnelles et littéraires?

10 exam sessions from 2021 to 2023, the latest November 2023. Every Paper 1 in every timezone is read and classified in full, which gives 3 papers in this archive.

Which 2.5 Formes personnelles et littéraires topic comes up most?

L’essai (2.5.4): in 10% of papers, last seen May 23 P1. Usually "Analyse", worth about 20 marks in a paper that includes it.

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