Read the passage from the iliad. thus he spoke, and they all held their peace, till menelaus of the loud battle-cry addressed th
em. "and now," he said, "hear me too, for it is i who am the most aggrieved. i deem that the parting of achaeans and trojans is at hand, as well it may be, seeing how much have suffered for my quarrel with alexandrus and the wrong he did me. let him who shall die, die, and let the others fight no more." menelaus most strongly affects the epic plot through his
Menelaus most strongly affects the epic plot through his compelling speech.
Explanation:
It is common in epic narratives for a heroic figure to make an impactful, inspiring, and compelling speech. This is what Menelaus does in this section of the Iliad. Menelaus makes a strong and influential speech that catches the attention of every other character and puts Menelaus in a leading position. The impact of Menelaus's speech can be seen in the line "they all held their peace" by showing that all were quiet in respect to Menelaus's words.
The purpose of this passage is to provide instructions on how to make tortillas; therefore it is an instructive type of text. One of the most common types of instructive texts is recipes. Recipes indicate step by step how to make a specific food. In this example, we can see how sequence connectors “next” and “finally” add cohesion to the text and relates the previous step with the other.
