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i need some help forming a topic...any ideas?
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I am an IB candidate of 2009. and my English teacher told us yesterday that we will be doing our offical IOPs next week so here we all are panicking and freaking out because we basically only have two days to prepare the worst part is that the teacher didn't give any advice or guidance so we really don't know what to do Im doing my IOP on Of mice and men...Im thinking of doing it on motifs and themes. Would that be okay?? Any guidance or advices?? Please help us... were desperate.
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I'm thinking about doing my world lit essay on a link between Men in the Sun and The Outsider (stranger), any ideas or feedback on this choice would be very helpful.
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hey everyone, I am currently working on my IOP on Chronicle of a death foretold. Other than the traditional commentary on themes, literary devices, etc, I wanted to incorporate something creative that would allow me to stand out. Any suggestions/hints will be greatly appreciated.
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Our teacher has often told us that there are basically two structures you can use for written commentaries: You can either organise it so that you clump stylistic features together and talk about them in paragraphs (e.g. you have one paragraph for syntax, where you comment on the sentence structure throughout the entire poem) or you write systematically, analysing the extract line by line. I believe that most people write using the former structure for commentaries, but our teacher has asked us to write a commentary with line-by-line analysis, saying that we'll most likely use that structure in the actual IB exam for the unseen commentary. Right. Well. I've no idea how to…
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Hi! Do any of you know where I can get a poem called Night Wind by Christopher Dewdney?? Its for an english poetry commentary... I cant find it on the web
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I just wanted to say that I hate this book. I don't know if any of you are reading it, but it's a huge pain in the ass because all the dialogue is written in ebonics :/ Anyone know a good way to find an e-book of it and auto-correct it?
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Does anyone have the criteria for the world lit essay? I seem to lost mine
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Help me! I have an IOP due this week, and I'm very nervous. I just need help from ppl who have done it. What to do, and what not to do. My IOP is on The Bluest Eye, by Toni Morrison, within, the characters, Claudia Macteer, and Maureen, the white chick. And also on Their eyes were watching god, by Zora Neale Hurston, with the characters, Tea Cake, and Logan. I hope you can help!! I just need tips, and hopefully some links or suggestions on how or what I can do/say. Thanks!
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I'm doing an IOP early march and I'm doing the novel Crime and Punishment. I have....these topics.. 1. Raskolnikov's changing belief in his nature throughout the novel 3. The operation of conscience in the development of the plot 4. Parallels between Dostoyevsky and Raskolnikov 5. The role of poverty in the commission of crime which one do you think would be best for me? 15 minutes is such a long time..
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can someone please define satire for me? i understand that it is when authors use irony or sarcasm to criticise but my primary question is: does it have to involve ridicule or mockery to be considered satire? eg. the works i'm focusing on are scarlet letter and heart of darkness if you know the books can you also comment on whether satire exists in either/both of the books and why? i'm trying to distinguish if satire, paradox or just pure irony is present in these novels so any form of feedback would be great! thanks heaps!
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Hey guys... Have any tips for writing English Unseen Commentaries?? For both prose and poem is good
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Okay, well, I have some ideas of what I am going to write,, but I don't know HOW TO START IT OFF. can you give me some tips??? Thanks
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what is the structure for the cover page for our english papers?
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I have to write a commentary comparing the narrative techniques in Heart of Darkness and Wuthering Heights. I need to discuss things like why Joseph Conrad chooses not to name the narrator and why both authors use narrarators in their novles. Anything interesting that I should discuss? Ideas?
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Does anyone have any creative IOP Presentation ideas? help! I actualy do have several topics at option. and i meant to say PRESENTATION! sorry for the typeo.
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hey there! I'm kind of confused over how to structure my essay: #1- Intro Work 1 Work 2 Concl. or #2- Intro POC (point of comparison) 1 POC 2 POC 3 i had originally structured my world lit using #2, however when my teacher read my draft she told me that i should change the structure and stick to one work to "drill deep" before moving onto the second...(by the way: my topic is how the playwrights have used symbolism to represent slavery and freedom) so my question is this, do i follow my english teachers advice? or should i take the risk and attempt to structure my essay so that it doesn't sound like a ping-pong game (constant back and forth momentum) oh and lastly, sho…
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Okay here's the thing, I chose what I am going to write which is ' everyone is responsible for their own actions' and I am relating that to Mersault in the outsider and Gregor in the metamorphosis. I wrote my introduction but I don't know how to layout my ideas.. any ideas?
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I am English A1 SL and im about to start my WL, and im going to be doing Outsider [stranger] Camus and Metamorphosis (Kafka) and i cant link or quite see a clear link that is 1000 words or more! If any one knows any common theme or a quote or anything COMMON ANYTHING! im desperate !
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hi i need help with my world lit papers for the first one i wanted to do a comparison between The Setting Sun and The house of spirits but i dont know how to find a topic i was thinking about doing something with the society but not sure what.
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Kia Ora, Has anyone here read Potiki by Patrica Grace, or studied it for IB? Any study notes or anything like that? Cheers
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Well, to make a long story short, I received my essay back a while ago and i got 14/30. The reason why I lost so many marks was mainly because i didnt use enough literary features! the thing is, literary features is something thats completely new to me and my class and im just not getting the hang of it as my teacher explained reaaally briefly and expected us to figure the rest out for ourselves. i could mention a couple of them if we were doing a play but when it comes to writing an essay on a novel i just dont know what to say, as literary features are a pretty big part of my teacher's criteria at our current stage. could you english experts, (or well, A1 experts i thin…
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My IOP is starting from next week, and I still don't know what i'm going to do. I know my teacher emphasized creativity and the depth of knowledge. The books that we read were : [list] [*]Flannery O'Connor's short stories [*]Leo Tolstoy's Walk in the Light [*]Pyeong Yang by Guy somebody [*]Peace Child by Don Richardson [/list]PLEASE HELP ME.......
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hey everyone, when are the World Lit's due for Australian students? i have asked a fair few people.. and they ar'nt that sure either. i presume World Lit 1 is due in sooner than World Lit 2? i might be wrong. thanks to all!
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Problem solved
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Can anyone help me with points on the following topic: Explain the significance of the supernatural world in the novel. Is it significant to all characters or only to those who can communicate with it? Please. I need to hand it in asap!!!!
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For those of you who have Spanish as A1 or have read this book, I might be possibly analyzing this book for my final oral commentary and I have no idea of what to do. The problem is that I hated this book and I never finished reading a whole essay. Everytime I tried, I thought "What an ***" and I closed the book hehe. Now I don't know what to do. What are the most important things I should know about the book from an evaluative perspective?
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Hello.. Well I've written a poem for my IOP (allegory in Wuthering Heights -- Adam and Eve) and well there's no problem with that. the problem is the way I bring in the literary features is very stupid. Here's an example: ** For you, the one and only Eve You’ve locked yourself in Earth And Catherine, Perhaps at a subconscious intent Existed in such a conflict Relinquishes To Edgar -- a superficial reality, Mere beauty Light-haired and bright A contrast Like yin and yang A contrast to dark, deep Heathcliff In physique, but more significantly personae too This contrast I have created To separate the wild from the tamed Where wild is the natur…
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hi...can anyone help me with my world literature eassay as my topic is "Emma's attitude towards her marriage" on the novel madame bovary. because i have to hand in by tomorrow!!
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hi guys. I gotta get started with my World Lit Assignment 2. I'm thinking of doing Assignment 2c: detailed study, coz i can't be bothered doing two books and I'm not creative at all. I initially had a topic in mind with Native Son by Richard Wright but apparently the novel is not a world literature so I couldn't go with it. So I decided to go with Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe, I thought it was a good choice coz I got mock exams coming up, and I could definitely use it there as well. But I just can't come up with a decent topic to write about so I was wondering if you guys could help me out... Ideas anyone? If you're suggesting topics could you su…
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I have no idea what the sun could symbolize in this novel, and i've checked the whole internet for info. Any interpretation would be helpful
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Does anybody else find the criteria to be overwhelmingly vague? I mean, what EXACTLY separates "generally" from "well?" Doing it over and over again? Using big words? Having a lot of quotes? You tell me. My topic is on happiness within Mansfield stories and how she destroys it so show that true joy can never really be found and is easily destroyed. I've got the details of what I want to say, but I'm really paranoid that I'll end up with another 5. Basically, I've got -some analysis of literary features (simile, metaphor, contrast, juxtaposition, irony, etc) -some reference to writing style (ellipses, breaking of the fourth wall, series of questions in a row, etc) …
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The title says it all. basically, all we have to do is find something that links two books together. here are the choices that I can pick from: 1.wide sargasso sea 2.Metamorphosis 3.Outsider 4.men in the sun anyone have any ideas??? and to be honest, i don't exactly know what type of 'linkage' I have to find' i'm not blaming it on the teacher but, she didn't exactly explain 'fully' of what we have to do. So... can anyone help??
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has anyone done the novel Madame Bovary. i need help to finish writing comments on it!!!!!!!!please help
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Can someone please help me find how the following four short stories involve the three themes: stereotypes, prejudice, and adversity? The Possibility of Evil - Shirley Jackson The Skating Party - Merna Summers The Lottery - Shirley Jackson Just Lather, That's All - Hernando Tellez thaanks!
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hey everyone, how much are World Lits worth of your overall grade for English A1? thanks
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just a question about the IOP... i'm doing scene six of blood knot, the scene where zach has a kind of 'soliloquy' when he wears the suit and has a 'conversation with his mother' just wondering what i should do as i don't really know how to come up with a question for that particular scene, but i really want to do it. a little help please?
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So some of the things I have read about, research beyond just reading, talks about trying to state if alliteration was intentionally used in a certain piece. so like something along the lines of, if alliteration appears within Scarlet letter more closely together, or in smaller proximity, then farther away. This analysis would indicate if the author wanted to purposely use the emphasis of alliteration or if the chances in language are just coincidentally there. Also, i was wondering if this was something important enough to mention in a oral. Lets say, you see alliteration within scarlet letter passage you get - and you want to mention that while alliteration is coinciden…
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The work we've been studying recently is a collection of short stories by Katherine Mansfield. Haven't heard of her? Not surprised. I've chosen the topic of discussing how Mansfield often uses an extremely minor character foil that's left both nameless and undeveloped in order to crush the fantasies of the protagonists on three of her short stories, and how ironic it is that such a minor character can ruin the dreams and false perceptions of these major, well-characterized characters. This topic took a lot of effort to get to, and I've now started preparing for it. Unfortunately, the only thing I could think of at the present moment is [i]what I'm actually supposed to…
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I decided to use Paradise of the Blind by Duong Thu Huong and Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel for my World Lit 1, and my thesis runs something like "The repressive experiences Tita and Hang had led to their ultimate success in overcoming their opressive family traditions and pasts." it still needs tweaking, if anyone has any suggestions or ideas. I'm pretty much still scratching my head over what I can do that's not over-used, so any suggestions or feedback would be awesome. (: thanks!
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Hello! We have to hand in our IOP ideas tommorow just for pre approval.. Our lists of books: -Othello -Antigone -Wuthering Heights -One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Please - any super creative ideas on one of these books? Your help will be GREATLY appreciated. Thanks
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Any last minute IOP advice please? Im doing SL btw.
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Okay, I hope I'm not echoing anyone in asking this question: Can anyone confirm for sure if you can use a world literature text in any of your world literature papers even though you used it in your first IB oral presentation? My teacher said "no" to be safe, but that leaves me with only one world lit. text to use, because I used one in my first oral presentation (along with a language A1 text) and, obviously, two in my first world literature paper. And I'm left, of course, with the one I dislike the most. [To be more precise, I used A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen and The Kite Runner by... well I forgot his first name but his last name is Husseini -- I think -- and then u…
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Hi IB ppl, For the grade 11 IB english oral we have to pick our own passage and discuss about it for 10 minutes. Does anyone have any advice on how to make a good presentation? As well, we have to choose the passage from three books, All quiet on the western front by Erich Maria Remarque; I know why the caged bird sings by Maya Angelou; and last but not least, The crucible by Arthur miller. Is there any significant and good passage in these three works that I can use?? the passage should only be about 30-40 lines Thank you so much!!! BTW I have to get it figured out before January 6!!! Plz...help me!!! thank u all!!!
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I am doing my presentation on Wuthering heights and Like water for chocolate. Do i just need to read out the presentation. My topic is role of supportive characters can this include any characters other than the protagonist. Can you please give me ideas
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My English oral presentation is a week away and i am just beginning to prepare now. AND i need some help on how to go about it because i am really lost right now. MY topic relates to the poems of WASTELAND and HOLLOWMEN by T.S.Eliot and the topic is ....'One of the Hollow Men in the Wasteland depicting the deterioration and lack of meaning in the Wasteland' Can you please give me some ideas....
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Hi everyone! I'm planning on doing my IOP as a creative writing/roleplay of Huck Finn at the gates of heaven to show how Twain was questioning conventional morals. But I'm really unsure on how to do this (my teacher kind of took my original idea and transformed it into this...). Especially on how to organize this thing- the roleplay part should demonstrate Huck's character, and he would talk about the theme? How long should this be? And then explain why I decided to make it a roleplay, then why and how I showed the theme of challenging conventions (analyze passages?), and then why I presented Huck the way I did? And it would help to talk about Twain's tone right…
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We're supposed to be writing our first drafts this break. I've come up with my question, it just seems really hard at the moment to begin. Any suggestions? [b]The emblematic use of Night as a literary device, in Kitchen and Nirmala. [/b] Has anyone read both of them? All help will be very much appreciated. ^^
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hey everyone, i am writing an essay that has the title "How does Henrik Ibsen use symbolism to represent the psychological states of his central characters in the plays “Hedda Gabler” and “......" im stuck with what other one of Henrik Ibsen's plays/novels use symbolism to represent the psychological states of his central characters? can anyone help... please!? we arn't allowed to use 'A Doll's House'. thank you everyone
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Usually I try to pick apart whatever I have just read and immediately point out flaws but I can't get around to doing the same for this book. It's just so well thought out and incredibly effective. Has anybody read it? Favorite passages or quotes? I read it for Spanish A1 HL but I'm going to read it in english over the summer for fun.
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