1. Explain how the features in language can be used to manipulate the meaning of text. Give an example to explain your answer.
Marks: 2

Word choice: The sales manager is aggressive.

The sales manager is bossy   The sales manager is assertive. The underlined words are synonyms with generally the same denotation, but they have different connotations.

Active or passive voice:  The construction workers destroyed the trees when they replaced the sidewalk. (Active, and focuses on the workers)

The trees were destroyed by the construction workers when they replaced the sidewalk. (Passive, focuses on the trees)

Adverb movement: When they replaced the sidewalk, the construction workers destroyed the trees. (Moving the adverb clause to the beginning of the sentence gives more focus on the reason-- and may tend to justify the actions of the workers.)

Explanation:

These are just a few examples of some features of the language that may influence how a reader or listener may get different meanings from the same basic information.

answer: b. grete might have remained as shy and immature as she was at the beginning of the story.

one of the most interesting characteristics of gregor's metamorphosis is that, although he is the only character who has physically changed, it is this same change which triggered a transformation in the rest of his family.

by taking care of gregor, grete has become stronger and more confident. she has found a life outside of the house, and has become more independent and self-sufficient. the novel implies that the trigger for the change is gregor's own transformation, and that without it, grete was likely to remain as shy and immature as she was at the beginning of the book.

explanation:

i believe the answer is perspective