IB English A Paper 2 Revision Guide
Adichie, Tawada, and Ibsen: Comparative
Analysis Strategies
This comprehensive guide will equip you with the strategies and tools needed to excel in your IB English A Paper 2
examination. Through detailed analysis of comparative techniques, text-specific insights, and practical examples,
you'll learn how to craft sophisticated comparative essays that demonstrate deep understanding of Adichie's The
Thing Around Your Neck, Tawada's The Last Children of Tokyo, and Ibsen's Hedda Gabler.
, Understanding Paper 2 Requirements
What Paper 2 Assesses:
Your ability to compare and contrast two literary works in response to a question
Your understanding of how authors use literary features and techniques
Your skill in developing a focused, balanced, and well-structured comparative essay
Your capacity to construct an argument supported by relevant examples
Assessment Criteria:
Criterion A: Knowledge and Understanding - How well you demonstrate knowledge of the texts and respond to the
question
Criterion B: Analysis and Evaluation - Your analysis of literary features and comparison of authorial choices
Criterion C: Focus and Organisation - The clarity, balance, and logical development of your essay
Criterion D: Language - Your command of language and appropriate literary terminology
Criterion A Criterion B1 Criterion B2
Knowledge, Understanding, and Analysis and Evaluation Analysis of Similarities and/or
Interpretation Differences
To what extent does the
How well does the candidate candidate analyse and evaluate How effectively does the
show understanding of the works how textual features and/or candidate analyse similarities
in relation to the question? How broader authorial choices shape and/or differences between the
well are ideas supported by meaning? two works?
references to the works?
Criterion C Criterion D
Focus and Organisation Language
How well organised, coherent, and focused is the How clear, varied, and accurate is the language? How
presentation of ideas? appropriate is the choice of register and style?
Adichie, Tawada, and Ibsen: Comparative
Analysis Strategies
This comprehensive guide will equip you with the strategies and tools needed to excel in your IB English A Paper 2
examination. Through detailed analysis of comparative techniques, text-specific insights, and practical examples,
you'll learn how to craft sophisticated comparative essays that demonstrate deep understanding of Adichie's The
Thing Around Your Neck, Tawada's The Last Children of Tokyo, and Ibsen's Hedda Gabler.
, Understanding Paper 2 Requirements
What Paper 2 Assesses:
Your ability to compare and contrast two literary works in response to a question
Your understanding of how authors use literary features and techniques
Your skill in developing a focused, balanced, and well-structured comparative essay
Your capacity to construct an argument supported by relevant examples
Assessment Criteria:
Criterion A: Knowledge and Understanding - How well you demonstrate knowledge of the texts and respond to the
question
Criterion B: Analysis and Evaluation - Your analysis of literary features and comparison of authorial choices
Criterion C: Focus and Organisation - The clarity, balance, and logical development of your essay
Criterion D: Language - Your command of language and appropriate literary terminology
Criterion A Criterion B1 Criterion B2
Knowledge, Understanding, and Analysis and Evaluation Analysis of Similarities and/or
Interpretation Differences
To what extent does the
How well does the candidate candidate analyse and evaluate How effectively does the
show understanding of the works how textual features and/or candidate analyse similarities
in relation to the question? How broader authorial choices shape and/or differences between the
well are ideas supported by meaning? two works?
references to the works?
Criterion C Criterion D
Focus and Organisation Language
How well organised, coherent, and focused is the How clear, varied, and accurate is the language? How
presentation of ideas? appropriate is the choice of register and style?
