Higher Level (HL)

A: Understanding and interpretation - Do you understand the text? Do you show insight and understanding into the texts subtelties and implications? Do you support your claims with well-chosen references to the text? (5 marks)

B: Analysis and evaluation - Do you show, through considered analysis and evaluation, an understanding of how the language of a text and the choices writers make establish meaning? (5 marks)

C: Focus and organisation - Do you present your ideas in a consistently focused and coherent way? Is your analysis organised? (5 marks)

D: Language - Is your language clear, carefully chosen, and precise? Is your register (i.e. formality, style, word choice) appropriate, and do you use terminology effectively? (5 marks)

Higher Level (HL)

A: Knowledge, understanding and interpretation - Do you show knowledge and understanding of the works you have studied? In responding to the question you have chosen, do you effectively compare and contrast to show similarities and differences between the works? (10 marks)

B: Analysis and evaluation - Do you show an understanding of the choices made by writers, including aspects of language, technique, and style, to establish meaning? Do analyse and evaluate the works you have read to show an understanding of similarities and differences as you compare and contrast? (10 marks)

C: Focus and organisation - Do you present your ideas in a consistently focused and coherent way? Is your argument organised? Do you discuss your works in a more or less equal and balanced way? (5 marks)

D: Language - Is your language clear, carefully chosen, and precise? Is your register (i.e. formality, style, word choice) appropriate, and do you use terminology effectively? (5 marks)

Higher Level (HL)

A: Knowledge, understanding and interpretation - Do you show knowledge and understanding of the literary works or non-literary texts you have chosen? In view of your chosen focus or topic, do you draw meaningful and insightful conclusions? Do you support your claims with appropriate references to the work or text(s)? (5 marks)

B: Analysis and Evaluation - Do you show, with regard to your focus or topic, an understanding of the choices made by writers, including aspects of language, technique, and style, to establish meaning? Do you develop an argument that is evaluative and persuasive? (5 marks)

C: Focus, organisation, and development - Do you present your ideas in a consistently focused and coherent way? Is your argument organized? Do you effectively embed supporting examples into your argument? Do you develop your argument? (5 marks)

D: Language - Is your language clear, carefully chosen, and precise? Is your register (i.e. formality, style, word choice) appropriate, and do you use terminology effectively? (5 marks)

Higher Level (HL)

A: Knowledge, understanding and interpretation - Do you show, in relation to the global issue you have chosen, an understanding of the extracts, and the works and texts from which the extracts were taken? Do you support your claims with appropriate references to the extracts? (10 marks)

B: Analysis and evaluation - Do you show an understanding of the choices made by writers, including aspects of language, technique, and style, to establish meaning in relation to the global issue you have chosen? (10 marks)

C: Focus and organisation - Do you present your ideas in a consistently focused and coherent way? Is your argument organized? (10 marks)

D: Language - Is your language clear, carefully chosen, and precise? Is your register (i.e. formality, style, word choice) appropriate, and do you use, for example, tone and rhetorical strategies to enhance your oral delivery? (10 marks)