IB skill practice

Analyse stance, bias, and selection in non-literary texts

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

Paper 1, Paper 2, IO 5 marks Difficulty 2

English A exam practice: Analyse stance, bias, and selection in non-literary texts

A podcast transcript about school uniforms presents one side of an issue more strongly than another. Choose the focus that best explains stance or selection. Use the visual organiser to keep the claim, evidence, method, and effect connected. Choose the analytical focus, evidence choice, and technique choice, then select the interpretation that best explains reader position, meaning, or comparison.

Worked practice: build the analysis

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