Levels of Difficulty: Easy

These designations are offered as a guide for selecting texts appropriate to the ability of the intermediate Latin student.

In this category, sentences are predominantly simple, in the indicative mood, and show some use of subordination.




Levels of Difficulty: Medium

These designations are offered as a guide for selecting texts appropriate to the ability of the intermediate Latin student.

Texts in this category offer instances of several of the following:

Complex sentences with subordination
Purpose, Result, Cum clauses
Ablative Absolute, Indirect Statement
Independent use of the subjunctive
Conditions in the indicative
Gerund/gerundive constructions
Comparative/superlative constructions




Levels of Difficulty: Hard

These designations are offered as a guide for selecting texts appropriate to the ability of the intermediate Latin student.

Texts in this category are characterized by constructions listed in the Medium category and offer some of the following syntactic features:

Conditions in the subjunctive
Indirect Question
Relative Clauses of Characteristic
Lengthy periodic sentences
Poetic or dense expression of ideas through the use of metaphor, ellipsis, allusion


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