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: Intermediate

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: Challenging

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 Intermediate category and offer some of the following 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