GCSE Latin 2013 Unit A403 Prose: Based on OCR's J281 Specification (8 Revised edition)

GCSE Latin 2013 Unit A403: Prose is both a classroom resource book offering pair/group activities including role-play and information exchange, and a self-study and revision aid for candidates taking the OCR (J281)GCSE Latin examination in 2013.

The set texts are referred to exhaustively on a line-by-line basis that gives plenty of scope for trouble-shooting difficult vocabulary, translating, and commenting on the action.

Questions on syntax and content are punctuated by frequent discussion topics to engage pupils in debate and encourage a critical approach to the texts.

The Points to Ponder include biographical and contextual notes that focus on the eccentricities and character traits of the authors and their subjects, as well as on the cultural beliefs and values of the times in which they lived.

Translation is at both word- and sentence-level, with longer passages from the set texts providing practice in the analysis of authors' stylistic features (rhythm, repetition, choice of words and word-order)and their use of literary devices such as alliteration, assonance, chiasmus and hendiadys.

Includes an Answers Section.