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GCSE English Literature · key term
A verb expressing possibility, certainty, permission or obligation. “Could” and “might” help make the imagined changes in “Tissue” tentative.
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Paper 2
Revise: TissueThe modal verb “could” presents a possibility, not a certainty. The speaker invites us to imagine change rather than issuing an order. Enjambment carries “the light” into “shine through” on the next line, making the phrase cross a boundary.
Paper 2
A verb expressing possibility, ability, necessity or willingness, such as “could” or “would”.
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Both readings are grounded in the changed modal verb.
