Writing an essay is not easy. Paper 2 (IB exam set for 3 May, 2013) is an essay, though: you'll get to choose from six essay questions and you have to write about the books we are still going to read for Part 3 of the course.
To practice your essay writing skills we are going to take examples from the works from Part 4 (Macbeth, Heart of Darkness and A Streetcar Named Desire).
Essay questions:
Explain how in at least two works you have studied ambition leads to the downfall of one of the protagonists.
Show how the contrast between light and dark is used to illustrate the themes of at least two of the works you have studied.
Work plan:
Step 1: collect examples
Step 2: structure your examples into an essay plan; the PIE schedule I have handed to you is a tool that might help you structure your essay - you are not obliged to use it this way. The most important aspect of the PIE schedule is that it makes clear that you not only have to give illustrations/examples of the point you are making, but that you have to explain the connection between example and point.
Step 3: write the essay
Assignment
Finish your essay plan/PIE schedule before Wednesday 5 September so it can be discussed in class.
Hand in your finished essay (400-500 words) before Tuesday 11 September.
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