IB English: Analyzing Opinion Articles

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This video teaches students how to read and analyze an opinion piece from Pulitzer Prize winning journalist, Leonard Pitts Jr.

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[vincetan]

Amazing timing. Literally the exam is in 15 hours. Thanks for the last minute help!

[seankim]

Honor Aunt Vera Because She Requires Care and Love

H: Headlines and Hooks (engage reader from beginning)
A: Anecdotes (reduce reader writer distance—closing the gap)
V: Voice (humor, irony, sarcasm)
B: Background info (summarize news story)
S: Structure
R: Reader Writer Connection — "We" + Rhetorical Questions
C: Closing/Call to Action
L: Language (diction)
- which words punch?

[geniemoon]

Hello, thank you for all the informative videos! I have one request, if its not too much trouble, could you guys create a video regarding the Langlit Essay, including how to go about choosing suitable questions and global issues? Tips on how to structure it would be very much appreciated too! Thank you!

[arulgk]

Wow luckily I watched this video before the N21 exam, cuz opinion column article came out. Thank you so much for this video!

[ralphbedwell]

A language element you don't mention is his use of anaphora--"How long can we..."--a rhetorical device used by many great speakers and writers, most famously MLK himself.

[supermanleon]

Thank you so much! My exam is in 2 hours

[edaibrahimoglu]

Hello IB guys! Firstly nice to meet you. This is the first video of you that I've seen. Watching this video was a great experience; thanks for that! However, I personally find writing an essay about the analysis that I come up with very hard rather than analysing the whole opinion article. Can you make a video talking about how to write an effective essay about an analysis? Thanks in advance!

[dylanfield]

This helped me so much in my final exam

[carlosludenapincay]

Is this the same as the opinion column text type from English B Higher Level?

[irinetjahjadi]

thank you for this can we please have a video on deconstructing an article

[Maoshu]

Perhaps you guys could distinguish between opinion articles and op-eds better?

[tanyatripathi]

Are these only for lang and lit course? Our teacher said that for language A lit students, for paper 1 we could get a drama, non-fiction, prose, song lyrics/ poetry. Could you recommend any videos for that?