One rhetorical strategy employed by Campo is the repetition of certain keyterms in different contexts. Discuss the poem’s use of the words “knew,” “magnificent,” and “ordinary.”
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- He uses the word know or versions thereof several times, describing a movement from knowing to not knowing. He uses magnificent twice, describing how “ordinary” birds became magnificent and how J.W.’s voice was “comforting, magnificent.” And he uses ordinary three times, to describe the birds and sky. Yet beyond pointing to this magical alchemy—the transformation of the ordinary into the magnificent—the speaker is for some reason unable to explain exactly what happened when he met J. W.
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Complete the following, using the present indicative or the present subjunctive, as appropriate. Separate multiple answers with a comma (Example: uno, dos). Yo dudo que mi hermano ____________________ (poder) ir al médico hoy. Él no puede salir sin que alguien ____________________ (quedarse) con los niños.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
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Which reading is the most satisfying? Why?
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