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    of 8

    English

    Stage 7

    Paper 2 Fiction 2023

    1 hour 10 minutes

    Additional materials: Insert

    INSTRUCTIONS
    • Answer all questions.
    • Write your answer to each question in the space provided.
    • You should pay attention to punctuation, spelling and handwriting.

    INFORMATION
    • The total mark for this paper is 50.
    • The number of marks for each question or part question is shown in brackets [ ].
    • Suggestions for how long to spend on each section are given in the booklet.

    3138_02_6RP
    © UCLES 2023
    2

    Section A: Reading

    Spend 30 minutes on this section.

    Read the Text in the insert, and answer questions 1–11.

    1 Look at lines 3–5.

    (a) What figurative technique is used? Tick () one box.

    simile

    oxymoron

    hyperbole

    onomatopoeia

    [1]

    (b) The writer also uses sibilance.


    What effect does this create?

    [1]

    2 Look at lines 6–7. Why is there no point in Raglan Skein taking his sense of touch with him when
    he flies away?

    [1]

    3 Look at lines 8–13.


    What grammatical structure does the writer use at the beginning of the first sentence?

    [1]

    4 People from the Lost tribe are able to experience sensations from different locations all at the
    same time.
    Give one quotation that tells the reader how they do that.

    [1]

    5 The writer uses however (line 14) to introduce a contrast between the third and fourth paragraph.
    Explain what this contrast is.

    [2]

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    3

    6 Look at lines 18–22. People living on the island face dangers on and around the island.
    Give one example.

    [1]

    7 Look at lines 23–31.

    (a) Most of the paragraph is made up of complex and compound-complex sentences.


    Why?

    [1]

    (b) The writer uses commas in this paragraph in two different ways.
    Tick () two boxes.

    before direct speech

    between subordinate clauses

    before and after extra information

    between items on a list

    after a time adverbial

    [2]

    8 Look at lines 32–35. The eagles see the towns as living creatures.
    Give a quotation that tells the reader this.

    [1]

    9 Look at lines 39–44.

    (a) Raglan Skein sets off on a journey the next day.


    What is the purpose of this journey?

    [1]

    (b) Give evidence from the text that tells the reader that Raglan Skein’s journey will take longer
    by body than it has taken him by his senses.

    [1]

    (c) Give a three-word phrase that means ‘were hiding, ready to attack’.

    [1]

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    4

    10 (a) Look at lines 45–50.


    Give one three-word phrase that means ‘a difficult job’.

    [1]

    (b) What are the main dangers for a person arriving on the Lace coast by boat?
    Give two ideas and support each idea with evidence from the text.

    Evidence: ambushes and surprises / trickery


    Idea: you might be attacked
    and concealment

    Idea 1 Evidence 1

    Idea 2 Evidence 2

    [4]

    11 Look at lines 51–53.

    (a) Here refers back to the previous paragraph.


    Give one more adverb that does this.

    [1]

    (b) What do you think the Lace people are like? Give two ideas and support each idea with
    evidence from the text.

    First idea:

    Evidence 1:

    Second idea:

    Evidence 2:
    [4]

    © UCLES 2023 E/S7/02


    5

    Section B: Writing

    Spend 30 minutes on this section.

    12 Raglan Skein arrives safely on the Coast of the Lace. Write what happens next.

    You could write about:

    • how the Lace people treat him


    • whether his shadowy suspicions about the Lace people are correct
    • the outcome of their meeting.

    Space for your plan:

    Write your story on the next page. [25 marks]

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    7

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    8

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    Permission to reproduce items where third-party owned material protected by copyright is included has been sought and cleared where possible. Every
    reasonable effort has been made by the publisher (UCLES) to trace copyright holders, but if any items requiring clearance have unwittingly been included, the
    publisher will be pleased to make amends at the earliest possible opportunity.

    To avoid the issue of disclosure of answer-related information to candidates, all copyright acknowledgements are reproduced online in the Cambridge
    Assessment International Education Copyright Acknowledgements Booklet. This is produced annually and is available to download at
    https://lowersecondary.cambridgeinternational.org/

    Cambridge Assessment International Education is part of Cambridge Assessment. Cambridge Assessment is the brand name of the University of Cambridge
    Local Examinations Syndicate (UCLES), which is a department of the University of Cambridge.

    © UCLES 2023 E/S7/02

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