paul_anderson Posted January 25, 2016 Report Share Posted January 25, 2016 Hi, I'm in grade 11 at the moment, and I'm doing english A: Literature SL.I really need help with writing unseen commentaries (Paper1). I've read tonnes of articles on this site and other websites as well, but I'm still confused as to how to proceed with my essay. I really want to know: (1) How much time to devote to each part (like reading,annotating,etc.)?(2) How to write a good introduction and thesis?(3) How long should an essay ideally should be?(4) What do you write in the essay? (I understand that you need to look at how the author has made use of different literary features, but what is the 'SO WHAT?' ?) And what do you do with the themes, characterization, setting,etc? (5) How to answer the guiding questions in my essay?(6) What should be in an effective conclusion?(7) Any good examples to help me through I know its a whole lot of questions, but any insight to these questions would be extremely helpful. I really wanna do good in this subject (this is actually the subject I've worst grades in ) Thank you very much Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Siddhakshi Posted January 25, 2016 Report Share Posted January 25, 2016 (edited) Hey! I haven't given the final IB Lit paper, but I'll try to help.1) This differs from person to person. I generally devote 30 minutes to read, annotate and plan my answer, and 1 hour to write the essay and make any changes.3) Four to five sides does the trick for me.For the other questions, PM me and I'll send you a sample of mine which my teacher shared with the rest of my class when I was beginning with literature. Of course, now my answers are much better, but that comes with practice. Best of luck! Edited January 25, 2016 by Siddhakshi Solanki 1 Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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