stylistic 78

Question 1

obviam

Answer 1

mocking devotion to Caesar

Question 2

longissime

Answer 2

superlative

Question 3

processisti. Celeriter isti, redisti

Answer 3

Homeoteleuton
emphatic word placemen of celerity - shows the speed of M Antony, gives impression of eagerness, almost comedic, mocking tone.

Question 4

strenuum

Answer 4

emphatic placement, contributes to presentation of M Antony as a naive soldier boy running after Cicero.

Question 5

nescio quo

Answer 5

frustration

Question 6

familiaris

Answer 6

less common word than amicus, emphasises the familiarity and closeness of the link.

Question 7

Habebat hoc omnino Caesar:

Answer 7

Hyperbaton, makes it sound strange/arcaic

Question 8

plane perditum

Answer 8

alliteration of p = plosive; passionate disgust

Question 9

aere alieno egentemque

Answer 9

assonance; draws attention to issue of debt (which is brought up again)

Question 10

nequam hominem audacemque

Answer 10

parallel phrasing fortifies the point, enclosing word order around ‘hominem’, completing the image of a man consumed entirely by his negative traits.

Question 11

cognorat … recipiebat

Answer 11

cognorat and recipiebat are indic. verbs, shows the definitive action and therefore assures it is fact, though in reality it is C.’s OPINION.

Question 12

libentissime

Answer 12

superlative emphasises how easily he is won over, his eagerness, lack of integrity, devotion to Caesar. mocking tone.