Practice Paper 1: Play

Let's analyze an extract from a play in this IB-style Practice Paper 1. Includes guiding question, detailed markscheme, exemplar thesis & plan, and analysis solutions.

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Solutions

Markscheme

Overall solution: Main ideas, writer's purpose, and exemplar thesis & essay plan.

Guiding Question

In what ways does the interaction shed light on the characters and their relationship?

Interpretation: Main Ideas

This is a brainstorm:

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Recommended Plan

There are so many ways to approach this text. Ideally, you want to choose a sequence of points that tell a logical story. Here is an example of just one possible plan.

Example Thesis

Point 1:

Point 2:

Point 3:

Detailed Annotations

This is a detailed annotation of the paper. Use it to check your answers.

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Analysis Cheatsheet

Each major technique in the Paper analyzed and summarized.

Dramatic techniques

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Literary techniques

Tone and Tonal shifts

Atmosphere

Mood

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