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O-LevelLiterature in EnglishProse2010/12 · May/June 2017 · Q1525 Marks

Either 15 Remember to support your ideas with details from the writing. Read this extract, and then answer the question that follows it: And once again I set out on that horrible journey. Content removed due to copyright restrictions. 'Stephen?' A single quiet word: [from Chapter 9] How does Frayn's writing powerfully create tension at this moment in the novel?

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Prose, O-Level Literature in English (syllabus 2010). Structured question, 25 marks.
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O-Level Literature in English, May/June 2017 Paper 1 Variant 2, question 15.

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