What tricks does Paterson use to turn an originally dark poem into a funnyone?

What will be an ideal response?



  • She replaces Death, personified as a carriage driver, with a garbage collector. All the details of the original, which have grim symbolic meaning, are replaced with realistic contemporary details that have a comic effect.

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Mariangela è ___________________________________Lorianna. (- dinamico)

Marco is describing some students in his class. Complete his statements using the comparativo di maggioranza (+) or di minoranza (–). Make all necessary changes to the cues in parentheses

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Put quotations where necessary in the following sentences. An answer key follows

Have you read the poem The Road Not Taken? What will be an ideal response?

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Conjugue los verbos que están entre paréntesis en el tiempo correcto del modo subjuntivo para completar las siguientes oraciones.

Les dije que (dejar) _______________ sus libros en casa, porque no están permitidos durante el examen.

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