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Paper 2 Questions
May 2023 will be the first time that Paper 2 is examined for this course (due to its removal as part of COVID modifications in May 2021 and May 2022 sessions). The Paper 2 assessment is 1 hour 45 minutes in length, and worth 35% of the final grade at SL and 25% of the final grade at HL.
The paper will contain four questions of a 'general nature', of which you must choose one and answer with reference to two works of literature studied as part of your course. This must not be a work you have used for another assessment, i.e. the Individual Oral or the HL Essay.
"Past" Paper 2 Questions
How do two of the works you have studied portray the struggle to be understood?
Literature, although set in a particular place or time, often conveys themes that are universal. In what ways is this true in two of the works you have studied?
Discuss how two works you have studied present concepts of good and bad, not as absolute notions, but as a matter of individual perception.
Referring to two works you have studied, discuss how the author has created a a world that is realistic and believable
Referring to two of the works you have studied, discuss both how and why the text invites the reader to identify with events, characters and ideas.
Often the appeal for the reader of a literary work is the mood a writer creates. Discuss some of the ways moods are conveyed and to what effect in two of the works you have studied.
Writers often choose names of characters and places not only for their literal meaning, but for further suggestion and implication. With reference to two of the works you have studied, discuss how such choices contribute to your appreciation of the works.
Please note: these are only specimen questions from the course and are presented to give some guidelines as to what the real questions may look like.
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