Individual Oral Structure with Support Questions

Examine the ways in which the global issue of your choice is presented through the content and form of two of the texts that you have studied. 

 
Intro Literary Work Non-Literary Text

(1 min) Text Overview Text Overview

● Text Intro: What is the title, who is the writer, when was it
published? ​The first text I am going to discuss is...
● Overall, what is the literary text about?
● Background information - What do we know about the
writer? What is important to know for this text?
● Context: What background information do we need to know?
(allusions, politics, war, social norms etc)
● Text Intro: What is the title, who is the creator, when was it
published? ​The second text I am going to discuss is...
● Overall, what is the non-literary text about?
● Poet information - What do we know about the poet? What is
important to know for this poem?
● Context: What background information do we need to know?
Are the contexts similar or different, and is that significant?
(allusions, politics, war, social norms etc)

Purpose and audience Purpose and audience

● What is the purpose of this literary text? ​The purpose is... ● What is the purpose of this non-literary text? ​The purpose is...
● Who is the text written for or aimed at? ● Who is the text aimed at?

Links and connections

● Why have you paired these texts together? What connections or links can be made between them?
● What is the Global Issue? State it outright. ​The Global Issue I have chosen is...

Thesis statement
● Write your thesis statement following a similar pattern to your Paper 1 thesis statements. Make sure to include your Global Issue.
Some questions you might answer to create your thesis statement:
○ How is the Global Issue presented in each work, and what might this reveal?
○ By comparing the texts, what is exposed about the Global Issue?
○ Through a comparison of both texts, what element(s) of the Global Issue do we see being criticized?
○ By comparing the two texts, what do we better understand or see as a big difference within the topic and Global Issue?

 
  
Body of IO  Literary Work - Mini Thesis 
  How is the Global Issue presented in this text?  
Literary  What points will you discuss in this section? 
Work 
  Topic Sentence 1 
(4 min)  What is one main idea being communicated in the literary text? How does it relate to the thesis and GI? 
Firstly, the text... 

Examples  Analysis 
Identify a range of examples to support your first topic sentence.  ● Identify the literary or structural feature within the 
example. 
● What does the language tell the reader about the text and 
the Global Issue? 
● Why has the writer used this type of language or 
structure? 
 
All analysis should support your argument. 
 

Topic Sentence 2 
What is another main idea communicated in the literary text? How does it relate to the thesis and GI? 
Additionally, the text... 

Examples  Analysis 
 
   
  
Body of IO  Non-Literary Text - Mini Thesis 
  How is the Global Issue presented in this text?  
Non-Literary  How does this text compare and/or contrast with the literary text? What points will you discuss in this section?  
Text 
  Topic Sentence 1 
(4 min)  What is one main idea being communicated in the non-literary text? How does it relate back to the thesis?  
Firstly, this text... 

Examples  Analysis 
Identify a range of examples to support your first topic sentence.  ● Identify the literary, visual or structural feature within the 
example. 
● What does the language tell the reader about the text and 
the Global Issue? 
● Why has the creator used this type of language or 
structure? 
● What similarities and differences are important to point 
out, particularly with reference to the Global Issue and 
contexts? 
 
All analysis should support your argument. 
 

Topic Sentence 2 
What is another main idea communicated in the non-literary text? How does it relate back to the thesis? 
Additionally, the text... 

Examples  Analysis 
   
  
Conclusion ● Restate thesis / message / Global Issue 
● How do the texts develop the wider ideas that the writers and creators were trying to communicate? 
(1 min)
● How do these texts fit in with the writer’s and creator’s wider body of work? 
● Why is this topic or Global Issue important or significant? Perhaps relate to the context of what is going on in 
the world (synthesize ideas). 
● How are the concepts in the texts relevant or lasting to contemporary reader? 

NOTE: This resource has been created and shared by Ms. Kanchi Dasgupta, an experienced IBDP English Language and Literature
Facilitator.