1. Section A—comparison of prisoner voices, contrast between spoken transcript and reflective written memoir, tone of confinement, resilience, institutional language vs. personal narrative

2. Language analysis—voice created via deixis, modal verbs, anecdotal detail, prosodic features, lexical field of trauma, disempowerment, endurance, and reform

3. Section B—drama-based analytical essay, emphasis on character voice, socio-historical context, and morality, choice from five questions, each linked to a studied play

4. Thematic focus—imprisonment, marginalization, identity negotiation, inner transformation, and institutional critique through voice representation

5. Stylistic elements—sentence complexity, turn-taking, metaphor, colloquialisms, register variation, self-reflection, emotional layering, semantic fields of struggle and redemption

6. Assessment structure—Edexcel English Language and Literature Paper 1, total 50 marks, blend of unseen text comparison and set text analytical response