What happens if the narrative prompt is in the wrong place in the candidates answer?
If the prompt sentence is used at the wrong end of the story, (i.e. ends the story when it should begin it), or is embedded somewhere within the story, candidates will be penalised by a whole band for non-completion of the task. The mark would of course be lower if the language is weak, but stories awarded a mark in Band 2 or 1 will not be penalised further for task infringement.
