A: Paper 1: The Paper

HL 2hr 15 m 2 texts, write about both

SL 1 hr 15 m 2 texts, choose one

You will get two non-literary texts or extracts from texts. One of these texts will who predominantly exclusively visual (e.g an advert, infographic or web page). The other text is likely to use the written mode (e.g opinion column, travel writing or memoir).

The guiding question of optional. If you don't like it, you may suggest another point of entry. Guiding questions are both content and form oriented. They will include a general angle based on form and a specific angle based on content OR a specific angle based on content and a general angle based on form.