IB-Extended Essay
ENGLISH b-HL
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Points to cover today...
1. English B-categories
2. Examples of EEs.
3. Questions and sharing
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What are the topics of meaningful
interest to you?
ENGLISH B-HL
CATEGORIES
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CATEGORY 1
LANGUAGE
HOW ARE POLITICAL CORRECTNESS AND
RHETORIC DEPLOYED IN OPINION COLUMNS
IN THE NEW YORK TIMES AND DAILY MAIL?
TO WHAT EXTENT DO TECHNOLOGY AND
SOCIAL MEDIA CORRUPTED OR
CONTRIBUTED TO THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE?
CATEGORY 2
CULTURE AND SOCIETY
2A- TO WHAT EXTENT HAS THE
RISE IN POPULARITY OF SOCIAL
MEDIA JARGON SEEPED INTO
STANDARD ENGLISH?
2B- HOW DID THE PUNK
MOVEMENT INFLUENCE CERTAIN
ASPECTS OF THE BRITISH
CULTURE IN THE 20TH CENTURY?
CULTURAL ARTIFACTS
CATEGORY 3
LITERATURE
HOW DOES MAGIC IN J.K. ROWLING’S HARRYPOTTER AND
THE PHILOSOPHER’S STONE CONTRIBUTE TO THE
PROTAGONIST AND DEUTERAGONISTS’ GROWTH AND THE
ACHIEVEMENT OF THEIR GOALS, ALONG WITH THE
DEVELOPMENT OF THE PLOT?
2. Examples of EEs.
3. Questions and sharing
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