Component 02 Q1 — Language analysis on fiction (6 marks, AO2)

Question: Read lines 1–14 of Extract A (a 21st-century literary novel). How does the writer use language and structure to introduce the protagonist?

Mark scheme (AO2, 6 marks — Level 3 = 5–6):

• Level 3 (5–6, perceptive): analyses both language and structural choices (sentence-length variation, focal shift, free indirect discourse); precise terminology; integrated quotations.
• Level 2 (3–4, clear): explains effects with accurate terms.
• Level 1 (1–2, simple): identifies features.
• Grade 9 indicator: name a structural device (e.g., "the in medias res opening defers exposition, foregrounding sensory disorientation") not just language features.