(3) Lines 26-35: Arrangements for the unexpected guests

📕 Ovid Metamorphoses 8.26-35 ⏱️ 45 min 📊 GCSE

Learning Intention

Understand how Ovid uses descriptive detail and literary techniques to create pathos and elevate the humble hospitality scene

Success Criteria

1

Translation

I can translate the Latin text with support from vocabulary and grammar notes

2

Content Understanding

I can explain what is happening in this scene and why the details matter (poverty, generosity, divine guests)

3

Stylistic Analysis

I can identify literary devices (e.g. enclosing word order, litotes, enjambment) and explain their effects

4

Exam Application

I can apply my knowledge of style to answer a 4-mark exam-style question on literary technique

Latin Text

Analysis

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