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Studies in language and literature

IB English A: Language and Literature SL and HL

21 lessons at SL. 24 at HL, with every HL-only topic. Five-minute lessons, exam-style questions and timed mock papers.

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Units
6
SL lessons
21
HL lessons
24
Questions
147
Key terms
80

What you will study

Every lesson follows the current IB guide. Lessons marked HL are in the HL course only. The first unit is free.

Reading closely6 lessons · free
  1. Reading closelyLiterary and non-literary texts
  2. Reading closelyFigurative language and sound
  3. Reading closelyRhetoric and speeches
  4. Reading closelyTone, voice and register
  5. Reading closelyStructure and form
  6. Reading closelyVisual and multimodal texts
Areas of exploration4 lessons
  1. Course overviewThe course and the learner portfolio
  2. Areas of explorationReaders, writers and texts
  3. Areas of explorationTime and space
  4. Areas of explorationIntertextuality: connecting texts
The seven central concepts3 lessons
  1. Central conceptsIdentity and culture
  2. Central conceptsCreativity and communication
  3. Central conceptsPerspective, transformation and representation
Paper 1: guided textual analysis3 SL · 4 HL lessons
  1. Paper 1Paper 1 at a glance
  2. Paper 1Planning and writing the analysis
  3. Paper 1Practice: an unseen appeal
  4. Paper 1HL Paper 1: two texts, two analysesHL
Paper 2: comparative essay3 lessons
  1. Paper 2Paper 2 at a glance
  2. Paper 2Comparing two works
  3. Paper 2Structuring the comparative essay
Individual oral and HL essay2 SL · 4 HL lessons
  1. Individual oralThe individual oral
  2. Individual oralBuilding the oral
  3. HL essayThe HL essay: a line of inquiryHL
  4. HL essayWriting the HL essayHL

Try a question

From “Literary and non-literary texts”.

Questions are in English, like the exam. Every answer comes with an explanation.

In Language and Literature, how are non-literary texts usually studied?

  1. AAs bodies of work, such as several texts by one author or producer
  2. BOnly as single sentences taken out of context
  3. COnly as translations of literary works
  4. DOnly if they were written before 1900
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A. As bodies of work, such as several texts by one author or producer

A body of work groups related non-literary texts, such as one brand’s advertising campaign.

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