lexis and semantics

Question 1

epistemic modal verbs

Answer 1

•weakening commitment to the truth
•probability/ possibility/ likelihood
•may, might
•perhaps, possibly

Question 2

deontic modal verbs

Answer 2

•more definite
•obligation/ permission
•must, have to, should, will, need to

Question 3

epic similie

Answer 3

when a simile continues throught a text with reoccuring reference to the compared item

Question 4

binary opposites

Answer 4

elements of a text that hold opposite ends of a notional scale (hot/cold, big/small)