The AP Latin Selections from Caesar's Gallic Wars

These materials are designed to help students prepare for the AP Latin exam, which consists of selections taken from Vergil's Aeneid and Caesar's Gallic Wars. The particular course takes up the passages required by the AP exam from Caesar's Gallic Wars. On the exam, you will be tested on their ability to translate literally, to analyze, and to interpret the text. You will practice sight-reading and translating literally so that their translations not only are accurate and precise, but also make sense in English. Other specific skills that will be required for the AP examination include the ability:

• To write a literal English translation of a Latin passage on the syllabus

• To explicate specific words or phrases in context

• To identify the context and significance of short excerpts from texts listed in the chosen syllabus

• To identify and analyze characteristic or noteworthy features of the authors' modes of expression, including their use of imagery, figures of speech, sound effects, and metrical effects, as seen in specific passages

• To discuss particular motifs or general themes not only suggested by passages but also relevant to other selections

• To analyze and discuss structure and to demonstrate an awareness of the features used in the construction of a poem or an argument.