Decoding Paper 2 Prompts

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Decoding Paper 2 prompts

First, let me remind you that there is a long list of Paper 2 prompts linked to the assignment page.

What you will do:

1. Each group will decode their assigned Paper 2 prompt using the questions I have provided below.

2. Each group will write their answers on the board and will present their work to the class.

3. I will share my responses with you as needed. You are encouraged to take notes.

7) Setting is a powerful vehicle of thematic concerns; in fact, it is one of the most powerful.” How far has setting served to carry or underscore thematic concerns in fiction you have studied?

1. What narrative strategy does IB give you (there might be more than one)?

2. What does IB want you to do with the narrative strategy?

8) Conversations are one of the tools most commonly used by writers of fiction to develop their characters. Compare how writers in your study of novels or short stories have employed particular conversations as a means of characterization.

1. What narrative strategy does IB give you (there might be more than one)?

2. What does IB want you to do with the narrative strategy?

9) Compare the ways in which writers of two or three novels or short stories you have studied have used moral issues to develop their works.

1. What narrative strategy does IB give you (there might be more than one)?

2. What does IB want you to do with the narrative strategy?

7) How have two or three writers you have studied used foreshadowing as a literary device and with what effect for the reader?

1. What narrative strategy does IB give you (there might be more than one)?

2. What does IB want you to do with the narrative strategy?

8) Many characters in novels and short stories experience changes in fortune that are central to the story. How far, and in what ways, have such changes contributed to the interest and development of two or three works you have studied?

1. What narrative strategy does IB give you (there might be more than one)?

2. What does IB want you to do with the narrative strategy?

9) Structure and sequence are important elements in works of literature. How and to what effect have writers of at least two of the works you have studied used these elements to develop their works?

1. What narrative strategy does IB give you (there might be more than one)?

2. What does IB want you to do with the narrative strategy?