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Explain stylistic features Virgil uses to evoke a sense of emotion in Aeneid Book 9, lines 375-400.

Virgil makes use of caesauras and diaeresis throughout this section of the passage - these unnatural breaks in the line within the poem help to empahasis the sudden quickness of the many questions scatter...

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Explain the stylistic features Virgil uses to convey increased emotion in a passage from Aeneid 9 (lines 375-400).

Virgil makes use of repeated

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what is most important for the exam?

Vocab! Vocab is the most important thing to learn. If you know the vocab you will be able to get a rough gist of a sentence even if you don't understand all of it. There will be words in the unseen that y...

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I can spot the rhetorical devices in a passage, but what do I do then?

It is very good that you can already spot them, that in itself is not always obvious or easy! The important thing is to then explain their effect. What do they add to the passage? Look at the context and ...

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How do I comment on the ‘stylistic features’ of a set text?

Quite simply, you comment on anything that’s interesting. A wise man once said to me that best way to pick out what’s interesting about a text would be to work out what you would remove to render the text...

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