stylistic 44

Question 1

visne igitur te inspiciamus a puero? Sic opinor; a principio ordiamur.

Answer 1

Emphatic verb placement, powerful and forceful
Detailed choice of vocab in hortative subjunctive
Rhetorical question

Non direct opinion, complete redundancy
Hortative subjunctive

Question 2

Tenesne memoria praetextatum te decoxisse? ‘Patris’ inquies, ‘ista culpa est.’ concedo.

Answer 2

Unordinary
Toga praetexta- of an adolescent
Different verb for saying bankrupt - as if he’d forget that

Direct speech = intimate and surprising

Short sentence, surprising to agree as enemies

Question 3

Etenim est pietatis plena defensio. Illud tamen audaciae tuae,

Answer 3

Etenim - fortifier, sarcasm
Alliteration emphasises sarcastic tone
Audaciae - not yet fully grown and already subversive, infers will be awful when older - dig

Later mocking tone switches to straight laced lawyer talk

Question 4

3 x Deco-

Answer 4

Paronomasia

Question 5

Quamvis quis fortunae vitio

Answer 5

Alliteration - emphasis of power of law, sound of p = forceful

Question 6

Sumpsisti virilem…. togam reddisisti

Answer 6

Emphatic verb placement. Not usual verb, interesting choice - stands out as odd to mirror his odd actions

CHIASMUS

Question 7

Primo volgare scortum

Answer 7

Humorous - scortum. Very outright

Question 8

Nec ea parva; sed cito curio intervenit, qui te a meretricio quaestu abduxit

Answer 8

Litotes, implies very expensive
Alliteration emphasises speed, could be historic events
Tongue and cheek
Quaestu - mark wanted money, not too pelased
Led away implies against will

Question 9

Tamquam stolam dedisset, in matrimonio stabili et certo collocavit.

Answer 9

removes masculinity
Tautology
Prefix of verb = with, meaning to place. Complex verb implies all together