IB skill practice

Analyse dialogue, silence, and subtext

English A Language and Literature SL continuation skill with accessible exam-style Paper 1, Paper 2, IO, and revision practice.

Paper 1, Paper 2, IO 5 marks Difficulty 2

English A exam practice: Analyse dialogue, silence, and subtext

A short story scene at a bus stop after an argument has characters speaking carefully while tension builds. Choose the focus that best explains spoken choices and silence. Choose the analytical focus, evidence choice, and technique choice, then select the interpretation that best explains meaning, comparison, or audience effect.

Worked practice: build the analysis

Construct the analysis one move at a time, the way an examiner reads it: focus, evidence, technique, then effect.