Progression Test Stage 9 English 2020 Paper 2 With Mark Scheme

1. Fiction analysis—tense setting, suspense techniques (short sentences, dashes, exclamation), character contrast (Jamie vs. red-haired man vs. librarian)
2. Literary devices—personification, alliteration, simile, onomatopoeia, question use for tension, verb choice impact (e.g., “flicked”)
3. Tone and mood—menacing atmosphere, eerie silence, unexplained threat (“the Name in the Book”), sensory detail (sound, weather, time)
4. Inference and interpretation—Jamie’s bravery, emotional response, mystery development, narrative shifts
5. Writing task—suspenseful story continuation, character evolution, plot progression, foreshadowing use
6. Exam objectives—close reading, contextual analysis, inference, creative narrative expansion with suspense elements