# HL Essay

## Format
- **Word count**: 1200-1500 words
- **Weighting**: 20% (HL only)
- **Based on**: One literary work or non-literary body of work

## Requirements
- Develop line of inquiry
- Independent critical analysis
- Formal academic essay
- Process documented in Reflections space

## Assessment Criteria (20 marks)
### Criterion A: Knowledge, Understanding and Interpretation (5 marks)
### Criterion B: Analysis and Evaluation (5 marks)
### Criterion C: Focus, Organization and Development (5 marks)
### Criterion D: Language (5 marks)