Classical Greek / Levels 9 and 10 / Engaging with texts / Responding to texts
Content description
Respond to Classical Greek texts by analysing themes, values and literary features, such as plot development and characterisation, and sharing and justifying opinions
Elaborations
reading texts in Classical Greek and responding to questions in English to demonstrate understanding of content, context, purpose and technique
discussing how language is used to reveal character, values and key messages in texts such as narratives, dialogues, plays, poems, letters or speeches, for example, Pericles’ funeral oration
discussing epic plots and characters, such as the depiction of Croesus in Herodotus’ Histories, Dicaeopolis in Aristophanes’ Acharnians, for example, debating significant events and the author’s purpose
analysing plot development in texts such as plays and stories, discussing features, for example, use of comic episode, plot twist, climax, resolution
interpreting how particular stylistic effects are created, such as emphasis, doubt, irony or supposition, for example, through the use of particles πῶςγὰροὔ; καὶ γάρ, ἆρα οὐ/ἆρα μή
analysing how writers use language features to achieve particular aesthetic, humorous or persuasive purposes and effects, such as hyperbole, for example, μύριοι, or irony, for example, Socratic dialogue or dramatic irony
evaluating the effectiveness of texts, by considering the use of techniques, for example, simile, metaphor, personification or pathos, for particular purposes, such as to entertain or persuade
