IB Extended Essay Workbook | English A Language & Literature Category 3

The complete, step-by-step workbook for the IB English A: Language & Literature Extended Essay (Category 3) — taking you from a vague topic to a finished, examiner-ready essay without ever facing a blank page.

Category 3 asks you to analyse how meaning is constructed in non-literary and multimodal English texts — advertisements, speeches, news, images, film, and digital media. It is a study of language, not a media-studies project, and that distinction is where most essays go wrong. This workbook keeps you on the right side of it at every step.

WHAT'S INSIDE — 153 pages, structured in order:


From Topic to Research Question — choose a text worth 4,000 words and turn it into a precise, analytical RQ, with a decision flowchart to find your approach type
The Thesis Builder — sample theses and a builder for each of the five approach types
Language & Media Analysis Toolkit — six step-by-step decoders (ads, speeches, news, still images, film, digital/audio) that show you what to read first, what each choice possibly means, and how to turn it into argument — plus a 50-technique reference giving what each technique is, how to spot it, and the question that turns it into analysis
Research, Evidence & Paragraph Planning — source and evidence banks, one page per piece of evidence, and a paragraph planner for every section
Reflections & Works Cited — guided space for all three RPPF reflections and your bibliography
Introduction & Conclusion Builders — move-by-move, with sentence frames
Sample Paragraph Bank — 16 model paragraphs for all five approach types, with the analytical moves laid bare for you to adapt
Viva Voce Preparation and final submission checklists


WHY IT WORKS

Every section tells you exactly what to do next. The planning is the work — by the time you write, the thinking is done. Aligned to the current assessment criteria (34 marks; Criteria A–E) and the 3,500–4,000 word requirement.

FORMAT & DELIVERY


Instant digital download — no physical item is shipped
153-page A4 PDF
Fillable on screen (type directly into the write-in spaces) or print and write by hand
Works on any device with a PDF reader


WHO IT'S FOR

IB Diploma students writing a Category 3 (studies in language) Extended Essay in English A: Language & Literature — and the teachers and supervisors who guide them.

A NOTE ON ACADEMIC INTEGRITY

This is a planning and study tool. It contains no pre-written essays and no model answers to hand in — the sample paragraphs are bracketed templates designed to teach the moves, not to be copied. Everything you submit must be your own original work, and you are responsible for following your school's and the IB's academic integrity policies.

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