At HL, students are required to write a 1,200 –1,500 word formal essay which develops a particular line of inquiry of their own choice in connection with a non-literary text, a collection of non-literary texts by one same author or a literary text or work studied during the course.
The essay requires students to construct a focused, analytical argument examining the work from a broad literary or linguistic perspective
Jenis Esai:
Formal, menggunakan kutipan dan daftar pustaka
Pemilihan Teks:
Siswa bebas memilih teks (sastra/nonsastra/body of works) yang akan dianalisis sebagai data esai.
Jumlah Kata:
1200--1500 kata
Acuan:
Learner Portfolio
Penentuan Topik
The chosen topic should enable a broad literary or linguistic focus for the essay. In achieving this, the course’s seven central concepts may be a helpful starting point for students in generating or determining a topic for the essay.
NOTE:
Any text, texts or work previously studied in class may be selected, with the exception of the texts used for the internal assessment and the works the student plans to use in paper 2.