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Understand how modality is achieved through discriminating choices in modal verbs, adverbs, adjectives and nouns (ACELA1536)

Elaborations
  • observing and discussing how a sense of certainty, probability and obligation is created in texts
General capabilities
  • Literacy Literacy
ScOT terms

Linguistic modality

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