*This article is part of the TOK Roadmap — a visual, all-in-one guide I created to help you ace Theory of Knowledge. [View the full roadmap here.]

In this post, I explain

• Simple and effective TOK Exhibition structure
• Why you shouldn’t include introduction/conclusion

Now that you’ve chosen your prompt, I’ll show you what a well-structured TOK exhibition looks like.

TOK Exhibition Structure

—At the top, include the prompt you chose, word-for-word. Do not change the wording of the prompt in any way.

—Below the prompt, state your word count. I recommend you use all available 950 words.

—The essay has three big image-paragraph pairs, and that’s it. Each paragraph should be around 300 to 350 words. Ideally, it would be around 315 words.

—On the document, center each image and scale it well such that the entire image is clearly visible to the examiner without scrolling or zooming in.

—Finally, at the end, you should include citations for objects (where you got the images from) and any evidence you used. You don’t need references if you are using a personal object and experience, but you must make it clear that these are yours.

*if you’re in a hurry and need help on how to write the paragraph itself, jump to this article.

Do not write introduction/conclusion.

Introduction and conclusion are wrappers for the essay—introduction sets up what you’re going to explore, and the conclusion ties everything together for a coherent essay.

BUT, TOK Exhibition doesn’t require an overall “here’s my point” argument or a big concluding connection between your objects. Here, take a look at the rubric!

Instead, you are going through each object one by one, justifying why it was chosen and explaining how it uniquely answers the prompt. That’s enough.

So, once you’re done choosing objects, go straight to writing about the first object.

If you have more questions about TOK Exhibition structure, leave comments below.

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