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Paper 1 – Textual Analysis (35%)

Questions:

• SL: 1 unseen text → 1 analytical response
• HL: 2 unseen texts → Comparative analysis

Time:

• SL: 1 hour 15 minutes
• HL: 2 hours 15 minutes

Scoring: 40 marks (divided into four criteria, 10 marks each)

Focus: Analyzing style, language, and structure of unseen texts.

Non-Literary Text Types:

1. Advertisements
2. Speeches
3. Opinion Columns
4. Editorials
5. Letters (Formal and Informal)
6. Diary Entries
7. Personal Journals
8. Travel Writing
9. Brochures
10. Leaflets
11. News Articles
12. Reports
13. Interviews (Transcripts)
14. Comics
15. Cartoons
16. Blog Posts
17. Social Media Posts
18. Essays
19. Reviews (Book, Movie, Product)
20. Scientific Articles
21. Instruction Manuals
22. Legal Documents
23. Emails (Formal and Informal)
24. Press Releases
25. Public Announcements
26. Website Content
27. Advertorials
28. Columns
29. Documentaries (Transcripts)
30. Podcasts (Transcripts)

Paper 2: Comparative Essay

Literary Text Types:

1. Novels
2. Plays
3. Poetry
4. Short Stories
5. Essays (Literary)
6. Graphic Novels
7. Memoirs
8. Biographies
9. Autobiographies
10. Literary Criticism
11. Anthologies
12. Epistolary Novels
13. Historical Fiction
14. Science Fiction
15. Dystopian Fiction
16. Fantasy
17. Magical Realism
18. Drama
19. Tragedy
20. Comedy
21. Satire
22. Allegory

Individual Oral (IO)

Literary and Non-Literary Text Types:

• Novels
• Plays
• Poetry
• Short Stories
• Essays (Literary)
• Memoirs
• Biographies
• Advertisements
• Speeches
• Opinion Columns
• Editorials
• Letters (Formal and Informal)
• Diary Entries
• Personal Journals
• Travel Writing
• Brochures
• Leaflets
• News Articles
• Reports
• Interviews (Transcripts)
• Comics
• Cartoons
• Blog Posts
• Social Media Posts
• Reviews (Book, Movie, Product)
• Scientific Articles
• Instruction Manuals
• Legal Documents
• Emails (Formal and Informal)
• Press Releases
• Public Announcements
• Website Content
• Advertorials
• Columns
• Documentaries (Transcripts)
• Podcasts (Transcripts)