IB skill practice

Analyse ethical appeals in persuasive texts

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

Paper 1, Paper 2, IO 5 marks Difficulty 3

English A exam practice: Analyse ethical appeals in persuasive texts

A persuasive school email about attendance appeals to fairness and shared responsibility. Choose the focus that best explains how values guide judgement. Use the visual organiser to keep the claim, proof, method, and effect connected. Choose the analytical focus, evidence choice, and technique choice, then select the interpretation that best explains meaning, reader position, audience response, 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.