ACELT1615

Identify and explain how choices in language, for example modality, emphasis, repetition and metaphor, influence personal response to different texts

Elaborations

• noting how degrees of possibility are opened up through the use of modal verbs (for example, ‘It may be a solution’ as compared to ‘It could be a solution’), as well as through other resources such as adverbs (for example, ‘It’s possibly/probably/certainly a solution’), adjectives (for example, ‘It’s a possible/probable/certain solution’); and nouns (for example, ‘It’s a possibility/probability’) (Skills: Literacy)

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