Sample essays
Sample essays for IB English A1, some are past paper responses done under exam conditions. The files include essays for both Paper 1 (Unseen Commentary) and Paper 2 (Detailed Studies work).
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El Perfume-Gissella Gamboa
An essay analyzing the Perfume by Patrick Süskind for Literature: Spanish level A. Written in spanish.
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Child and Insect Paper 1 commentary
Type: Paper 1 commentary
Grade: Level 7 at HL
Marked: internally
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Comparative essay-- Antigone and Romeo and Juliet
Title: “Tragedies, though they finish bloodily, should point towards a more hopeful future.â€
Discussing any two plays you have studied, say how far they conform to this statement.
Grade: level 7 at SL (IB year 1)
Marked: internally
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English Literature HL Paper 2 Essay that scored 18/25
English Literature HL Paper 2 Essay that scored 18/25 in the May 2013 Exam
Works used: Death of a Salesman and The Importance of Being Earnest
- english literature
- paper 2
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English Lit HL Paper 2 Exemplar 23/25
English Literature HL Paper 2 that scored 23/25 in the May 2013 Exam
Works used: Death of a Salesman and Glen Gary Glen Ross
- english literature
- death of a salesman
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William Blake: The Nurse’s Song Commentary
poem analysis
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Essay on Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
essay explaining Kurtz's quote "the horror, the horror"
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Short commentary on Anne Hathaway by Carol Anne Duffy
A short commentary on the poem Anne Hathaway written by Carol Anne Duffy
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English A1 sample Paper 1
This is a sample English Language and Literature SL/HL response to a set of two texts. While the extracts used for the Paper 1 is a past exam for English A2, Paper 1 for A2 and A1 Language and Literature the same. This was a sample response given to be by my English Language and Literature teacher. Does not include marks, but I am assuming it is a pretty good response when she is handing it out as a sample response.
Now: time for random emoticons.
:sam: :sam:
- English A1
- English Paper 1
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Commentary HL M03
Unseen Commentary – 'Night Wind' HL M03
Handwritten under timed conditions and then typed up.
Marks: 25/25
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Sample Paper 2
This essay is my sample response to an in-class practice activity for Paper 2 and mirrors an exam response using the two novels: As I Lay Dying and Ethan Frome. My teacher graded it a 22 out of 25 mark. The following is the prompt I responded to:
"The art of the storyteller is to hold the attention of the reader."
With reference to two works you have studied, discuss ways in which the writers have employed techniques that hold you attention.
- English A1
- As I Lay Dying
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"The Second Coming" poem commentary
A poetry commentary on "The Second Coming" - I think it got a 6.
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"Mental Cases" poem commentary
A poem commentary on "Mental Cases" by Wilfred Owen that I typed up a while ago.
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Paper 2 Sample- Kite Runner
I recieved a 5 on this Paper Two, but it was one of my first ones. Maybe some comments would help? I also thought it would be useful to those who are extremely stuck on how to format!
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Commentary on Snakes in September (Poem)
This was one of the last essays I wrote in the IB before the exams. So this represents my commentary writing skills at their very best.
This is a commentary written on Stanley Kunitz's Snakes in September. I don't have the poem attached to this document, so look it up online and read it a few times before reading the commentary.
Lastly, I had a 24/25 raw IB score for this essay, so I like to think that it is well-written.
Hope it helps you,
Arrowhead.
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Commentary on Ted Hughes' "Jaguar"
Commentary on Ted Hughes' poem, "Jaguar".
(classwork)
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Commentary on One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
This passage from One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey depicts a foreshadowing scene between “the Big Nurse” and “those Black boys” through the eyes of a first person named “Broom Bromden,” in what appears to be a hospital because of the mentioning of the “ward door” and a “nurse.”
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The Great Gatsby Paper 2 Exam: Passage Analysis
Written on the question: Choose a passage rich in symbol, metaphor, or imagery and analyze what Fitzgerald accomplishes.
This essay received a 19/25 (6)
A: 4 B: 4 C: 4 3 E: 4
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Poetry Commentary on "The Hawk", by Harold Witt
This is an IB Poetry Commentary Paper, which was graded a 6 by IBO.
It is on The Hawk, by Harold Witt.
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WL1 ESSAY
CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT IT GOT. APPROX 5
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Example Essay 2002
Example Literature Essay 2002
Mock Exam
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Theme of Past in Long Day’s Journey Into Night
Explore the significance of the past in the play “Long Day’s Journey Into Night” by Eugene O’Neill
Grade awarded: 7 (internally marked)
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Raymond Carver: Literary Comparison of 'Fever' and 'Cathedral'
This essay attempts to answer the question: "In what ways and for what purposes does Carver make use of the extraordinary or the unusual in his stories Fever and Cathedral?"
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Commentary: Two Hands by Jon Stallworthy
A commentary of the poem 'Two Hands' by Jon Stallworthy (English A1SL)
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Outsider - Mother
What early indications are there that Meursault’s reaction to his mother’s death isn’t quite “right”?
Based Albert Camus' The Outsider
Grade awarded: 6
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