Candidates must demonstrate the capacity to identify, articulate, and justify viewpoints, distinguishing between objective fact and subjective stance across varying registers. Mastery necessitates the manipulation of complex syntax, specifically the use of mood to express doubt or emotion, alongside varied intensifiers to modulate opinion strength. Assessment prioritizes the detection of nuance in receptive skills and the coherent development of arguments in productive skills, requiring command of connective logic and rhetorical devices.
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