IB English: Paper One - Improving Our Academic Writing

This video teaches an effective structure for analytical paragraph writing.

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The Model Paragraph:

Text for deconstruction (UNHCR)

Mnemonic for breaking down ads

Key terms for analyzing ads

Other useful terms for persuasion

[eepyreal]

M24 here! I'm gonna nail my paper 1 :)

[pubgplayer]

N22 has their exam today, let's get it

[iamdomiporkka]

This is not an advertisement, because it is not selling a product or a service. It is an appeal.

[nethraavanisundaram]

you guys are really amazing, stuff just makes sense when you guys explain it. Would you guys be able to do a video on how to annotate effectively in a paper 1 - like what to think and write down during the annotation time, how much we need annotate etc. Thank you again, ur videos are a blessing !!!

[deez]

thanks so much guys :) super helpful to prepare for my exam tomorrow!

[kiara-zbqh]

hi there! you guys are so wonderful, you guys teach better than my english teacher ahah! just wanted to say thank you so much on all these videos, i'm in the N23 batch and my HL English Lang Lit paper 1 is today! I'm a bit nervous but confident that I will be able to utilise the methods you guys have mentioned throughout your videos. Thanks again and hope you're keeping well! - kiara :)

[jackiepetrosky]

Excellent, as usual. You guys are awesome.

[yeqbsve]

Dear English Guys. Thank you so much for these fantastic videos. As a teacher who is fairly new to the IB A it helps me enormously. I am emailing you all the way from the Netherlands btw.
A question for a paper 1 we had to analyse a Christmas Speech given by our King. The transcript came from the Dutch official royal website. Do you in this case say the audience is those who have gone specifically to the Royal Website to read the transcript, or the people who watch the actual speech on Christmas day? Sorry very specific case I suppose. I have gone for mentioning both audiences. The one obviously (even) more royalist than the other.
Thanks for your trouble and your fantastic explanations. Monique

[davidzhu]

Hi Dave and Andrew, I would like to know what is the difference between a textual reference and the feature as they sound very similar. Also, what are some examples of textual references in a more "language-based" text?

[peaceflowerstudios]

Product context audience visuals text emotions values subtext

[milked-up]

Oh my, even in college yalls are saving my butt!!

[___sofiable]

Hellooo! Can you please do a video for time management in both paper one and paper two!??

[sanidya]

Hi, this was a very insightful video. Thank you! However, I'm left with some confusion regarding how to approach writing the rest of the body paragraphs. Do we add further points to the Graphic Organiser or do we simply build on the points already mentioned. Is there any video where you covered further please? Hope to see your reply. Thanks again! :)

[evelyn]

I had a question, this would be 1 paragraph in the essay correct? And you would want to have around 3 body paragraphs? How can you make sure you don't repeat yourself and that each paragraph is original? And would you repeat the gray parts that are your topic sentences in each paragraph? (sorry for so many questions)

[polarispyxis]

Do we need to mention in the introduction which features we will be analyzing, or is that not necessary?

[Banana-nqtq]

I have a question about the use of colour. Here you say the colour yellow my connote hope for a better future, but when the women put on the blouse she surely didnt have that intention, since the image is presumably unedited how can yellow be seen a symbolsim that the creator of this image has tried to convey to the reader. I may be wrong but im geniouly curious if there is a line to how far we analyse. For example I could say the green on a tree symbolises something, but the tree has always been green.

This video has been super helpful!!

[annikabahorey]

Just a question for advertisements or any paper 1 text actually, if the date is not explicitly mentioned how do i give context, or will IB always give text that has dates ?

[Thomas]

Couldn't the thesis have mentioned the actual visual elements you plan to look at?