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Section A: Reading

1. Read the first paragraph again.

List four things we learn about the scene of the spectators.

(4 marks)

2. Look in detail at the fourth paragraph.

How does the writer use language here to describe the runners? You could include the writer’s

choice of:

• words and phrases

• language features and techniques

• sentence forms.

(8 marks)

3. You now need to think about the whole of the Source.

This text is from the end of a short story.

How has the writer structured the text to interest you as a reader? You could write about:

• what the writer focuses your attention on at the beginning

• how and why the writer changes this focus as the Source develops

• any other structural features that interest you.

(8 marks)

4. Focus this part of your answer on the second half of the source.

A student said ‘Although Jason wants Paula to win, he doesn't seem to like her very much.’ To what extent

do you agree?

In your response, you could:

• consider your own impressions of Jason

• evaluate how the writer shows that Jason disapproves of the race

• support your response with references to the text

(20 marks)

Section B: Writing

5. A magazine has asked for contributions for

their creative writing page.

Either:

Write a description of a field as suggested by this

picture (picture of a field).

Write a story that begins with the sentence: ‘The

wind began to blow through the trees with a

ripping intensity that seemed to be growing with

every minute.’

(24 marks for content and organisation and 16

marks for technical accuracy) [40 marks]

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