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You need to start out by reading the poem through twice. First, read for ‘content’: what is the situation, who are the characters, what is going on, what are the events and relationships that are happening? ...

Latin poems are written in a number of forms. Epic, such as Ovid's metamorphoses or Virgil's Aeneid, are written in hexameter. When scanning, there are a couple of important terms you need to know: A syllabl...

First, you should always begin with a brief summary of what the text is about. You need to show that you have understood the text. As you do this, think about what the text is doing; is it satirical, portray...

This is a function which is in the form, y = f(x)g(x) It's the product of two functions and so we must make use of the product rule . This is a simple formula which you have to remember: dy/dx = f'(x)g(x) + ...

To differentiate x^2 Step 1) whatever the number on the power, put that in front of x. Step 2) Then minus one (-1) from the power Therefore, by putting the number on the power in front (which is 2) and deduc...