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A-LevelEnglish LanguageDirected Writing and CompositionOct/Nov 2024Paper 1 Q125 Marks

Read the following text, which is the opening of a chapter from Waterlog, an autobiographical book by Roger Deakin, a British film-maker, environmentalist and author. The Moat¹ The warm rain tumbled from the gutter in one of those midsummer downpours as I hastened across the lawn behind my house in Suffolk and took shelter in the moat. Content removed due to copyright restrictions. In the night sea at Walberswick I have seen bodies fiery with phosphorescent plankton striking through the neon waves like dragons.

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About This A-Level English Language Question

This structured question appeared in the Cambridge A-Level English Language (9093) Oct/Nov 2024 examination, Paper 1 Variant 2. It tests the topic of Directed Writing and Composition and is worth 25 marks.

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