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"Gerundival attraction" is a fancy term for the process by which a gerund turns into a gerundive. A reminder: a gerund is one of those words that has -nd- in it...

Firstly, I would recommend that you split your plan into 2 columns: stylistic devices and themes. Engage with the general themes of the piece first. What stands out to you? What is particularly poignant a...

n.b Whilst this answer addresses Cicero’s ‘Pro Milone’, the approach demonstrated here may be successfully applied to any text, verse or prose, that might be set for the 20 mark ‘essay question’ of the La...

Gerundival attraction is what happens when a gerund needs to take a direct object - something grammatically incorrect in Latin (a gerund cannot take a direct object).For example, the phrase 'I reply by wr...