Progression Test Stage 8 English 2022 Paper 2 With Mark Scheme

1. Literary analysis—compound adjectives, exclamation marks for attitude, hyphenated emphasis, personification, simile, clause structure for tension
2. Character study—Phoenix’s unheroic traits, emotional responses (“gulping,” “score bracelet”), fear and realism in conflict scenes
3. Structural elements—new chapter justification, sentence buildup (three clauses), father’s pride expression, story pacing
4. Language impact—intensifiers (e.g., “very loud”), immersive phrasing (“digging into the flesh”), word choice for realism and psychological reaction
5. Writing task—imaginative narrative opening in fictional setting, first encounter between two characters, environmental description, plot hint
6. Assessment objectives—language identification, emotional insight, narrative construction, tension techniques, descriptive writing skills