AQA English Language Paper 1 Question 3 in Detail: Walking Talking Mock

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Things I picked up on:

- Establishing narrator as vulnerable, exposed in the beginning, then shifting the tone from one of anxiety and an almost nilhistic view to a hopeful tone with the introduction of Keckwick
- So the immediate demise of Keckwick amplifies the sense of dread and adds weight to the narrator's predicament
- Uses of rhetoric questions like "what use would that be" and "surely he must carry one" builds upon the narrators' uncertain and disorientated feelings of dread
- Hyphens such as "sobbing - ... hard to decipher- but with horror I realized" emulates and alludes to the labored breathing of a distressed individual. (Can't think of the effect. Unfortunately)

Quick question:

If I made a comment of the phrase "sound that lifted my heart" foreshadowing the eventual catastrophe to come due to the narrator relying on his senses - "sound", which his senses are already proven to be unreliable, would that be language analysis or structure? Thanks!

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I would be incredibly grateful if someone could read and give feedback on my answer (before edits):

The extract begins with the narrator deciding to turn around and go back, which instantly sparks tension because the reader knows that he must be in danger if he stays where he is, and the sudden change in direction is disorientating right from the start of the extract - similar to how the narrator feels on the walk back when he is surrounded by the uncertainty of the mist. This may suggest to the reader that worse is to come because since he is already afraid right at the beginning. Because the extract is in first person, the reader's knowledge is limited to the protagonist's own confusion surrounding the experience which makes the reader uneasy since they don't understand all that is going on.

At the climax, the narrator stands in indecision while describing the sounds that he hears, which frustrates the reader because they don't want him to help the child, and his inaction contrasted with the detailed description of the action he hears emphasises this agonising desire for the narrator to move. By the end, the narrator is safe and the ending seems resolved, but the reader still has a lurking sense that something horrific has happened and is desperate to have their questions answered about the event.