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The English Extended Essay

The English Extended Essay. Goals Overview of subject-specific guidelines and topic choices Helpful examiner comments from English evaluators Sample topics and questions for English Subject-specific issues to consider before choosing English Academic referencing Q&A.

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The English Extended Essay

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  1. The English Extended Essay Goals Overview of subject-specific guidelines and topic choices Helpful examiner comments from English evaluators Sample topics and questions for English Subject-specific issues to consider before choosing English Academic referencing Q&A

  2. ENGLISH EE GUIDELINES/RULES • Category 1: Any literary analysis focused directly on a work or collection of fiction or non-fiction works found in a country where the language (English) is spoken • Category 2: A comparison of a concept studied between two fiction or non-fiction works, one of which must be originally written in English and one written in a different language, studied in translation

  3. CHOOSING A TOPIC: WHAT WORKS • Write down an author, poet, or work of literature you love, and use that as a guide for generating a possible topic • You should know/love your work enough to propose a specific focus (water, racism, a specific metaphor developed over time) • Classical literature generally trouble-free, provided your personal comfort level and enthusiasm • Contemporary works (JK Rowling, John Greene, 21st century modern dystopian literature) can work if question is focused on a motif or other device/set of devices

  4. CHOOSING A TOPIC: WHAT DOESN’T WORK • Works or authors you have not read • A text too simple in vocabulary or short in length • Any series that is too long (Harry Potter is fine but choose 3-4 of the 7 texts) • A proposal based solely on your enthusiasm of a text • Contemporary literature of weak literary merit or no current literary criticism (Twilight). Questions? See Group 1 teacher.

  5. WRITING THE ENGLISH EE • Avoid typical topics analyzing simply theme and characterization • Multiple works allow for originality and a bridge for less demanding works you wish to use but are an easier reading level • Consider taking a position opposing a traditional interpretation/argument

  6. TREATMENT OF SOURCES • Use primary sources primarily to: • Show connections between your chosen work and other works the author/poet/orator wrote • Establishes the vast majority of your argument • Use secondary sources minimally to: • Support your own argument, but not dominate it • Develop a counterargument that you can refute or extend in your own way

  7. POSSIBLE TOPICS: ENGLISH • To what extent is The Lord of the Rings an empowering work for the female? • To what extent does JK Rowling use blood as a complex literary device in the Harry Potter series to demonstrate the negative impact of racism? • To what extent does does the motif of illogicality in Lewis Carroll’s Adventures in Wonderland emphasize the complexities of the adult world?

  8. POSSIBLE TOPICS: ENGLISH • How do Jeanne DuPrau and Lois Lowry, in their respective novels The City of Ember and The Giver, use a motif of light and color to display an undertone of hope? • In what ways does John Green use water as a motif in his novels Looking for Alaska and The Fault in Our Stars?

  9. English EE Due Dates • Jan. 2-17: Assigned EE Question Proposal Form and T4ing assignment (30 pages) • Feb. 24-28: Entire T4 of primary texts and final research question • April 21-May 2: Topic sentence outline, working bib, secondary source research from OU • June 2-6: First 1,500 words due with footnoting and bib • September 3: Full rough draft due

  10. ENGLISH EE • English EE benefits • Secondary sources relatively few (shorter bib) • Familiarity of MLA, sourcing, and lack of extra sections • English EE challenges • Requires strong background and great enthusiasm of your topic • Strong literary analysis skills required

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