Crit B Deep Dives
Choose how to analyse the creator's construction of an IDEA. The 3-Step Technique focuses on a specific authorial choice, PLANE examines broader choices across a whole work, and Comparative PLANE considers how two works construct the same IDEA.
Practise Criterion B analysis
Choose 3-Step, PLANE or Comparative PLANE, then submit your own analysis. The examiner-informed coach will diagnose your reasoning and identify a specific revision.
3-Step Technique Deep Dive
Paper 1, IO and HL Essay. Identify the AC, deconstruct the exact evidence and connect the implications to the IDEA. Your Criterion B examples and AI coaching are below.
Original teaching resources
Paper 1 walkthrough · Watch videoPLANE Method Deep Dive
Paper 2, IO and HL Essay. Trace how a broader authorial choice is constructed across a work. In the IO this supports analysis beyond the extract, and in the HL Essay it develops wider-work arguments.
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Comparative PLANE
Paper 2 only. Compare specific, well-deconstructed authorial constructions from both texts. You may compare the same broader AC, or different ACs that develop the same governing IDEA. Five graph variations are provided for each of seven categories.