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IB English Language & Literature

HL / SL · All Units · 20 Questions · Exam Format

📖 20 Questions ⏱ 40 min 🎯 HL/SL Level 📝 All Units
Core Concepts to Master
Unit 1 — Readers, Writers & Texts

Authorial Choices & Effect

How form, structure, and language choices shape meaning and position the reader. Focus on purpose, audience, and context.

registerconnotationtonevoicediction
Unit 2 — Time & Space

Context & Setting

Historical, cultural, and geographical contexts that influence how texts are produced and read. Texts cannot be read in isolation from their time and place.

historical contextideologydiscourse
Unit 3 — Intertextuality

Connections Between Texts

How texts refer to, respond to, or are shaped by other texts. Allusion, genre convention, pastiche, and parody all create intertextual meaning.

allusionpasticheparodygenre
Unit 4 — Transforming Texts

Adaptation & Representation

How meaning changes when a text is adapted into a different form, medium, or cultural context. Issues of fidelity, emphasis, and cultural translation.

adaptationtransformationrepresentation
Paper 1 — Guided Analysis

Unseen Text Analysis

HL: two unseen texts, comparative essay. SL: one unseen text, guided questions. Analyse how language and structure create meaning.

thesisevidencecommentaryeffect
Paper 2 — Comparative Essay

Literary Works Comparison

Compare two works from the prescribed reading list using a given question. Must discuss global issues, authorial choices, and reader positioning.

global issuecomparativetextual evidence

Ready to Test Your Knowledge?

This quiz covers all IB English units in official exam style. You have 40 minutes. Wrong answers show explanations immediately. Correct answers trigger a celebration!

Readers, Writers & Texts Time & Space Intertextuality Transforming Texts Paper 1 Skills Paper 2 Skills


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