IB ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
SL AND HL
YEAR 1
DECEMBER EXAM
STUDY GUIDE
2015
Table of Contents
Part 1-Paper 2 (1 hour 30 minutes): The Lost Honour of Katharina
Blum Preparation
Paper 2 prompts…
Essay Vocabulary…..
Part 2 (30 minutes)- Language and Literature Terms…..
Part 3 (30 minutes)-Vocabulary Preparation…..
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Below are sample Paper 2 prompts. Remember, you will be given a choice of six. To prepare for your essay,
try preparing for and outlining an essay that would address these prompts. Try timing yourself to feel the same
pressure. You will have 90 minutes for the entire essay, so try timing an outline in 25 minutes.
Notice that each of these questions require you to write about multiple texts. For your full papers, you are
required to write about two Part 3 works. However, at this point, for this in-class paper, we will all be writing
about JUST The Lost Honour of Katharina Blum, so below each sample I have rewritten the prompts to look
as they would look on Wednesday.
1. There are many different kinds of love. Compare the ways in which two or three of the writers whose
literary works you have studied deal with the theme.
For the final exam, this would be: There are many different kinds of love. Discuss the ways in
which Heinrich Boll deals with the theme.
2. Writers often interrupt or alter the chronological sequence of events in their stories. Try to explain why
they do this, giving detailed examples from your study of literary works.
For the final exam, this would be: Writers often interrupt or alter the chronological sequence of
events in their stories. Try to explain why Heinrich Boll has done this, giving detailed examples
from your study of his literary work.
3. Minor characters sometimes play major roles. Support this statement by explaining why minor
characters are major in some of the literary works you have studied.
For the final exam, this would be: Minor characters sometimes play major roles. Support this
statement by explaining why minor characters are major in The Lost Honour of Katharina Blum.
4. Women have the more important roles in literature. To what extent is this true in the literary works you
have studied?
For the final exam, this would be: Women have the more important roles in literature. To what
extent is this true in The Lost Honour of Katharina Blum?
5. What function does humour have in tragedy? Refer to scenes or passages in the novels, plays or poems
you have studied.
For the final exam, this would be: What function does humour have in tragedy? Refer to scenes or
passages in The Lost Honour of Katharina Blum.
6. How valid is the assertion that literature is a voice for the oppressed?
For the final exam, this would be: How valid is the assertion that literature is a voice for the oppressed?
Refer to scenes or passages in The Lost Honour of Katharina Blum.
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Setting
What do we learn about the geographical location, time period, daily lifestyle of the characters and
climate of the story? (Make a list of interesting quotations. Do not forget to include page numbers.)
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Plot
What is the storyline? (Make a list of interesting quotations. Do not forget to include page numbers.)
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Themes
What is the central idea of the story? (Make a list of interesting quotations. Do not forget to include page
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The detrimental effects of power and violence OR how violence develops and
where it can lead
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Power of language
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(Lost) honour
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Mass media the collision of fact and fiction
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Right of the individual
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Stylistic Techniques
How3.does the writer use language and style to bring across his/her ideas? (Make a list of interesting
quotations. Do not forget to include page numbers.)
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1. Extended Metaphor
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2. Use of Rhetorical Devices
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Narrative Perspective
From which point of view is the story told? (Make a list of interesting quotations. Do not forget to include
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Characterization
How is information conveyed about the characters? What do we learn about the characters? (Make a list
of interesting quotations. Do not forget to include page numbers.)
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Characterization
Characters
Etymology of names
Description (You add)
Katharina Blum
Greek: “katharos” - pure, clean
Ludwig Götten
Associations to God
Else Woltersheim
Associations to home (“-heim)
Erwin Beizmenne
German: “beizen” - to marinate; “menne” - man
Werner Tötges
Associations to death/German word for “kill” is “töten”
Walter Möding
Hubert Blorna
Old High German: “hugu” - thought, mind
Peter Blum
Maria Blum
Kurt Blum
Wilhelm Brettloh
German: “steif wie ein Brett” - stiff as a board
Dr. Kluthen
Dr. Trude Blorna
Old High Germanic: “ger” - spear; “trud” - strength
Peter Hach
Alois Sträubleder
German: “zäh wie Leder” - tough as leather; to resist
Konrad Beiters
Adolf Schonner
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Introduction of Facts
Wednesday, February 20th 1974
 Blornas’ departure
 Constant surveillance on Götten by police
 Party at Mrs Woltersheim
 Götten stays the night with Katharina
Thursday
Katharina is taken into custody
and is being questioned
Reporter of the News appears at the Blornas
Katharina returns to her flat and receives a phone
call from Götten
Friday
First article in the News and reactions thereon
Blornas’ talk and their departure
News with Katharina’s mother
Questioning by the Police
Katharina in her flat
Saturday
Second article of the News
Sträubleders’ role
Katharina is with her dead mother
Göttens is taken into custody
Katharina arranges an interview with Tötges
The evening with Woltersheim
Significant Quotations
Flashback?
Flashback?
Flashback?
Sunday, February 24th
Article in the Sunday News
Katharina kills Tötges with a stolen pistol
Katharina’s walk in town
Katharina presents herself to the Police and is taken
into custody
Results after the murder
Funeral of Tötges
Blorna’s professional decline
Katharina’s behaviour in prison
Paper 2 Preparation
1. Essay vocabulary
2. Essay structure (review weak points)
3. Predict Paper 2 prompts and practice timed outlines (20-25 minutes should be your goal for an
outline)
4. Complete and study the guide you have been given
5. Review run-ons and fragments as necessary (review past writing assignments)
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1. ESSAY VOCABULARY
Vocabulary for essays specifically includes transitions and essay verbs. You have been given several
handouts with this type of vocabulary. Here’s an additional list of words you can review and
experiment with:
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affirm
ascertain
assert
cite
claim
clarify
communicate
concur
contribute
convey
debate
defend
define
demonstrate
detail
determine
develop
differ
discover
discuss
dispute
dissect
document
elaborate
emphasize
employ
engage
enhance
establish
estimate
evaluate
examine
explore
express
find
focus
highlight
hold
hypothesize
identify
illuminate
illustrate
imply indicate
incorporate
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infer
inquire
invest
investigate
involve
judge
justify
limn
observe
ponder
predict
proclaim
proffer
promote
provide
question
realize
recap
reconcile
refer
reflect
regard
relate
relay
remark
report
resolve
respond
reveal
review
sanction
seek
show
simplify
speculate
submit
subvert
support
surmise
survey
tangle
test
theorize
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transpose
underestimate
underline
underscore
understand
undertake
undervalue
usurp
validate
value
verify
vex
wander
weigh
wonder
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PART II: Short Answer Section on Language and Literature Terms
Review terms listed below:
Review texts and terms below:
SL and HL:
Text
“I Want a Wife” by Judy Brady
Literary Text
Emma Watson’s speech on Gender
Non-literary Text
Context
HL only:
Language
“Hills Like White Elephants” by
Duality of Patterning
Ernest Hemingway
Phoneme/Morphemes
Chomsky
LAD
Terms on Language and Gender:
Culture
Gender
High Culture
Sex
Cultural Relativism
Feminism
Cultural appropriation
Gender equality
Arbitrary
Social construct
Neologism
Orthography
Message
Audience
Purpose
Rhetoric
Ethos
Logos
Pathos
Bias
Subjectivity
Objectivity
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PART III: Vocabulary Workshop Level F Units 1-3
I will give you the words and you will need to write sentences in the form of a
paragraph and definitions.
Vocabulary Preparation
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Complete the vocabulary units 1-3 review in your book.
Come up with memory tools for each vocabulary word.
Write a sentence in a relative context for each word.
Make flashcards with pictures, synonyms, definitions and/or sentences if you
are a visual learner.
Grammar Preparation
REVIEW RUN-ONS AND FRAGMENTS AS NECESSARY
Check out these websites:
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/runons.htm
http://www.writing.engr.psu.edu/exercises/grammar3.html
http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/run-on-sentences.aspx
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