Progression Test Stage 9 English 2025 Paper 2

1. Literary analysis of fictional prose: character interaction (Ella, Marta), tone and facial expressions, hyperbole, ellipsis, metaphor and simile use, dramatic structure
2. Inference and evidence: behaviour change, learning process, indirect character development, reader engagement through quotation-based justification
3. Emphasis on dialogue: sentence length, interruption, italics and pauses to convey tension, control, and relationship dynamics in a workshop setting
4. Writer’s purpose and techniques: metaphor recall, implied emotional growth, narrative hints about apprenticeship and skill development
5. Writing task: narrative continuation in first-person, character development arc, challenge resolution (e.g. completing the dress), emotional realism
6. Focus on empathy, discipline, power dynamics in a creative environment, ability to imagine character futures and write within a set narrative voice and tone