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IB English Language and Literature: IOC Assessment Chart HL/SLA: Knowledge and understandingof the text or extract

To what extent does the commentary

show knowledge and understandingof the text?

Are the comments supported by well-

chosen references to the text?

B:nderstanding of the use ande!ects of literar" features

To what extent does the commentary

show an awareness of how theliterary features in the text (forexample, structure, technique andstyle) are used to constructmeaning?

To what extent does the commentary

show understanding of the eects ofliterary features?

C: Organi#ation

!ow well organi"ed is thecommentary?

!ow coherent is the structure?

$: Language

!ow clear, #aried and accurate is thelanguage?

!ow appropriate is the choice of

register and style? ($%egister&refers, in this context, to thestudent's use of elements such as#ocabulary, tone, sentence structureand terminology appropriate to the

commentary)

% The work does not reach astandard described by thedescriptors below.

% The work does not reach astandard described by thedescriptors below.

% The work does not reach astandard described by thedescriptors below.

% The work does not reach astandard described by thedescriptors below.

&'( The commentary showslimited knowledge and little orno understanding of the text;comments are rarelysupported by references to thetext.

&'( There is little awareness of theuse of literary features and littleor no illustration of their eectson the reader.

& Little organization is apparent;the commentary has littlestructure.

& The language is rarely clear andappropriate, with many errors ingrammar and sentenceconstruction and little sense ofregister and style

)'* The commentary showssupercial knowledge andunderstanding of the text;

comments are occasionallysupported by references to thetext.

)'* There is some awareness of theuse of literary features, with fewreferences illustrating their

eects on the reader.

( ome organization is apparent;the commentary has somestructure.

( The language is sometimes clearand appropriate; grammar andsentence construction are

generally accurate, althougherrors and inconsistencies areapparent; register and style are tosome extent appropriate to thecommentary.

+', The commentary showsade!uate knowledge andunderstanding of the text;comments are generallysupported by references to thetext.

+', There is ade!uate awarenessand illustration of the use ofliterary features, withunderstanding of their eects onthe reader.

) The commentary is ade!uatelyorganized; the structure isgenerally coherent.

) The language is mostly clear andappropriate, with an ade!uatedegree of accuracy in grammarand sentence construction; theregister and style are mostlyappropriate to the commentary.

-'. The commentary shows a "erygood knowledge andunderstanding of the text;

comments are supported bywell#chosen references to thetext.

-'. There is good awareness andillustration of the use of literaryfeatures, with detailed

understanding of their eects onthe reader.

* The commentary is wellorganized; the structure ismostly coherent.

* The language is clear andappropriate, with a good degreeof accuracy in grammar and

sentence construction; registerand style are eecti"e andappropriate to the commentary.

'&%

The commentary showsexcellent knowledge andunderstanding of the text;comments are eecti"elysupported by well#chosenreferences to the text.

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&%

There is excellent awareness andillustration of the use of literaryfeatures, with "ery goodunderstanding of their eects onthe reader.

+ The commentary is "eryeecti"ely organized; thestructure is coherent andeecti"e.

+ The language is "ery clear andentirely appropriate, with a highdegree of accuracy in grammarand sentence construction; theregister and style are consistentlyeecti"e and appropriate to thecommentary.