1. Crime and Punishment - Extract Analysis | Excerpt from Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, focusing on a fugitive’s tense escape after committing murder, emphasizing psychological distress and urgency. 2. Language and Structural Features | Analysis of short sentences, internal monologue, and vivid imagery to build suspense, with contrasts between hurried actions and hesitant decision-making. 3. Psychological Conflict and Tension | Character’s indecision about hiding, discarding the murder weapon, or continuing his escape, reflecting paranoia and increasing anxiety as pursuit looms. 4. Themes of Guilt and Desperation | Exploration of the fugitive’s physical and mental exhaustion, symbolized through sweat, blurred perception, and an overwhelming sense of dread. 5. Imaginative Writing Task | Creative writing prompt requiring a response to either a personal/fictional event of wrongdoing or a secret, assessed on vocabulary, coherence, and narrative structure. 6. Exam Strategy and Assessment Criteria | Importance of detailed textual references in analysis, clarity in structuring responses, and focus on language effects in crafting compelling narratives.