Elmore is trying to construct the perfect movie trailer and Izzy wants to win an upcoming school debate. The secret to success might just lie in their abilities to use high-modality language and nominalization to improve the persuasiveness and strength of their presentations. Understanding when and how to use decisive language is an important skill for all students of English to learn.

Originally released by Video Education America (VEA), 2015. Streaming video file encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on August 30, 2018.

Izzy Learns Modality and Nominalization (11:17); .