Practice Paper 1: Opinion Piece

Analyze an opinion piece in this IB-style Practice Paper 1. Includes guiding question, detailed markscheme, exemplar annotations and analysis solutions

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Literature

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Solutions

Markscheme

Overall solution: Main ideas, writer's purpose, and exemplar thesis & essay plan.

Guiding Question

How does the author use the concept of arrogance to convey his message?

Main Ideas and Writer’s Purposes

This is a brainstorm:

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Recommended Plan

There are so many ways to approach this text. Ideally, you want to choose a sequence of points that tell a logical story. Here is an example of just one possible plan.

Example Thesis Options

Point 1: 

Point 2:

Point 3:

Detailed Annotations

This is a detailed annotation of the paper. Use it to check your answers.

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Analysis Cheatsheet

Each major technique in the Paper analyzed and summarized.

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Tone and Tonal shifts

Mood

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