IB skill practice

Analyse tone shifts 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 3

English A exam practice: Analyse tone shifts in non-literary texts

A speech to Year 12 students changes from gentle explanation to a firmer warning. Choose the focus that explains the change in attitude. 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.