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AP: LATIN

AP: LATIN. OR WHAT HAVE I GOTTEN MY SELF INTO?. Two part test:. 1 Hour Multiple Choice 2 Hour Free Response. The Advanced Placement Exam. The Advanced Placement Exam. Multiple Guess.

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AP: LATIN

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  1. AP: LATIN OR WHAT HAVE I GOTTEN MY SELF INTO?

  2. Two part test: • 1 Hour Multiple Choice • 2 Hour Free Response

  3. The Advanced Placement Exam

  4. The Advanced Placement Exam

  5. Multiple Guess • You will be given a passage and asked to answer a series of multiple choice questions based on that text: • Vocabulary • Grammar/Syntax • Culture/history/mythology • Figures of speech/stylistic features • Meter/scansion • Overall comprehension

  6. Multiple Guess Aeneas and the Sibyl approach the River Styx Ergo iterinceptumperaguntfluvioquepropinquant Navita quos iamindeutStygiaprospexitabunda per tacitumnemus ire pedemqueadvertereripae… 1. Navita (line 2) refers to (A) Aeneas (B) Charon (C) a voyage (D) a ship

  7. Translation Translation on the test is scored via “chunking” • Each passage is broken into 15 segments, one point for each segment. • The AP Test assesses the student’s ability to produce a sound literal translation

  8. Translation “O regina, novam cui condereIuppiterurbem iustitiaquededitgentesfrenaresuperbas, Troestemiseri, ventismariaomniavecti, oramus, prohibeinfandos a navibusignes, parcepiogeneri, et propius res aspicenostras.” AeneidI.522-526 Translate the passage above as literally as possible.

  9. Analytical Essay • You will be given an essay prompt, which will consist of 2 passages: • 2 from Vergil • 2 from Caesar • 1 from each • If the passages are from the same text, they will be related according to character, theme, or event • If the passages are from each text, they will be related in terms of theme or event. • A strong essay will analyze the texts given and refer specifically to the Latin found in the excepts to support your arguments.

  10. Quae civitatescommodiussuam rem publicamadminstrareexistimantur, habentlegibus sanctum, siquis de re publica a finitimusrumoreautfamaacceperit, uti ad magistratumdeferatneve cum quo aliocommunicet, quod aepehominestemerariosatqueimperitosfalsisrumoribusterreri et ad facinusimpelli et de summis rebus consiliumcaperecognitum est. Bellum Gallicum 6.20.1-2 ExtemploLibyaemagnas it Fama per urbes, Fama, malum qua non aliudvelociusullum: … Noctevolatcaelimedioterraeque per umbram stridens, necdulcideclinatluminasomno; lucesedetcustosautsummiculminetecti turribusautaltis, et magnasterritatubes, tam fictipraviquetenax quam nuntiaveri. Haec tum multiplicipopulossermonereplebat gaudens, et pariterfactaatqueinfectacanebat. Aeneid4.173-174; 184-190

  11. Analytical Essay In the passages above, Caesar and Vergil discuss rumor. In a well-developed essay, analyze the ways in which each author portrays the impact of rumor. BE SURE TO REFER SPECIFICALLY TO THE LATIN THROUGHOUT THE PASSAGES TO SUPPORT THE POINTS YOU MAKE IN YOUR ESSAY. Do NOT simply summarize what the passages say.

  12. Short Answers • You will be provided with one passage each from Vergil and Caesar and answer a series of questions: • Literal translation • Scansion (poetry) • Grammatical constructions • Contextualization • connections to English readings

  13. Short Answers “Excudentaliispirantiamolliusaera (credo equidem), vivosducent de marmorevultus, orabuntcausasmelius, caelique meatus describent radio et surgentiasideradicent: turegereimperiopopulos, Romane, memento (haetibieruntartes), paciqueimponeremorem, parceresubiectis et debellaresuperbos.” Aeneid 6.847-853 Name the speaker of these words. Write out and scan line 4 (describent…dicent) According to lines 1-4 (Excudent…dicent), what is one occupation that others do better than the Romans? Write out the Latin that supports your answer.

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