A final factor in setting the right tone is to determine the purpose of the essay. An author's purpose is the reason for writing. There are three main types of author's purpose: to persuade, to inform or to entertain. If you are trying to convince your reader to believe or to do something, then you are persuading.
Caesar ignored them and at the Battle of Munda, defeated Pompey. There were many civil wars during Rome in the first century B.C., as many high-ranking patricians such as consuls fought to be more powerful than each other.
Summary: Book 17. (See Important Quotations Explained). A fight breaks out over Patroclusâs body. Euphorbus, the Trojan who first speared him, tries to strip him of Achillesâ armor but is killed by Menelaus.Hector, spurred on by Apollo, sees Euphorbusâs fall and comes to help.Menelaus enlists the help of Great Ajax, who forces Hector to back down and prevents the body from being removed or desecrated.ummary: Book 17. (See Important Quotations Explained). A fight breaks out over Patroclusâs body. Euphorbus, the Trojan who first speared him, tries to strip him of Achillesâ armor but is killed by Menelaus.