The Ultimate "OMG Help me with my EE" Thread

Hi! I've just started thinking of ideas for my EE and I'd really love to do A1 English on poetry. The problem is, whilst I read novels on a daily basis, I've hardly got any poetry books at home and don't know where to start looking for suitable poems - I'm used to simply analysing those we're given at school.

So my question is - where should I start looking for poems to compare? How did you find the poets you wrote on?

I love Ted Hughes' poetry, but would it be a little bit ambitious/unoriginal to compare his work with Sylvia Plaths, given their relationship? I feel like this must have been done extensively before.

Thanks in advance!!

Hi! I've just started thinking of ideas for my EE and I'd really love to do A1 English on poetry. The problem is, whilst I read novels on a daily basis, I've hardly got any poetry books at home and don't know where to start looking for suitable poems - I'm used to simply analysing those we're given at school.

So my question is - where should I start looking for poems to compare? How did you find the poets you wrote on?

I love Ted Hughes' poetry, but would it be a little bit ambitious/unoriginal to compare his work with Sylvia Plaths, given their relationship? I feel like this must have been done extensively before.

Thanks in advance!!

I wish you the best of luck. Also, I have to commend you for treating the bonus points like bonus points and not being too preoccupied with them. They don't really matter. As long you are comfortable with your paper and as long as you try your hardest, you have every chance to succeed.

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I can't say it will be easy getting an A (or finding original things to say about those two books) and Criterion K is going to bite you so badly. As for your saying that Twilight is the first book of its kind, I honestly disagree. The genre had already been done to death before Twilight came along; the erotic nature of the vampire has been exploited in other vampire works, and Twilight is hardly "literature" or "a new standard to the vampire tales." I gave you my insight as an IB student who received an A on my paper and I can say that my success owes GREATLY to an original topic. To do that, you really need two original books! It's fundamental! But being this far into your essay writing, it is IMPERATIVE that you not change your topic. If you really want to get an A, as you say you are aiming for, you need to spend a good long time meditating about those two books and think outside the box. Think about psychology, philosophy, other realms of knowledge where you can pull an original idea from...but don't rely too much on the other subject areas. Make it an English paper!
Currently, I wish you the best of luck but be prepared for a C with that kind of topic. If you do what I say...you CAN get an A!

Hey everyone Finished with exams! So glad. Anyway, I did my EE in English and thoroughly enjoyed it. I did poems by Christina Rossetti and Sylvia plath, but I'd be happy to help/ give advice on any english EEs, including novels.

Choose your subject and topic wisely! I don't mean to sound pedantic, and I'm sure you've heard this a billion times before, but yes, it really IS terribly important to be genuinely interested in your topic. I changed mine about five times before I found my poems.

im doing my EE in history and my question is going to be something about sterilization period in sweden. I was thinking of doing something like "was it forced or voluntary" but I dont know if its good to do yes or no questions. Although for my conclusion I was thinking of saying that there are cases where it was voluntary and sometimes it was forced so there is no real answer to the question. Is that a good question?
(I know the subject might be quite unknown but still someone probably knows if its good or not to do yes or no questions )
I also have a question, do you have to include methodology where you discuss the reliability of your sources and is this included in the word count?
And as a last question, is it bad to have a section on the background since i know you shouldnt include to much info on the actual event but as long as it is relevant to the question it is okay, right?
i would really appreciate an answer, thank you soooooo much

I have only one word for your negative point of view: A!!!!!!!

Hello, I want to Psychology at university so I'm doing my extended essay in that subject. My title isn't perfect yet but I'm writing about the causes of autism and whether it is biological or psychological. I know what studies I want to put into the essay but I am finding it particularly difficult to find them. Has anyone else had this problem? Is there a website which might be useful to me?

Try your public library website. They often subscribe to sources like JSTOR or Gale Cengage. Also, I'm not sure what you mean when you say that you know what studies you want to include if you can't access the studies? Do you mean that you've already read the studies elsewhere? Or that you know what *types* of studies you want to look at?

@Mathsman: I only did Maths SL, so it's difficult for me to recommend a maths topic. I presume you're doing Maths HL? Have you talked to your teacher/advisor about it? They would probably be able to give you some advice.

If you don't want to do your EE

LOOK NO FURTHER!

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I did an Access Course two years ago.. & failed :\ Not good, I know.. I did all the work, just my attendance & attitude was all wrong. So I have an EE completed, that you can have. It's on 'Aggression' complete with bibliography

Just send me a PM.

Hello, I want to Psychology at university so I'm doing my extended essay in that subject. My title isn't perfect yet but I'm writing about the causes of autism and whether it is biological or psychological. I know what studies I want to put into the essay but I am finding it particularly difficult to find them. Has anyone else had this problem? Is there a website which might be useful to me?