Answer:
Which text structure does Machiavelli use in this passage?
✔ compare and contrast
Which idea from the text best illustrates this structure?
✔ the reference to different ruling groups
How does this text structure help the author convey his central idea?
✔ It show how a prince can fail.
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Explanation:
Machiavelli uses the Spartans and the Romans as examples of one empire taking over another. He compares and contrasts them by mentioning the different actions they took when they occupied an empire and the different outcomes that resulted in their actions. The sentence in the passage, "The Spartans held Athens and Thebes, establishing there an oligarchy: nevertheless they lost them" shows how a prince can fail. He also mentions that the Romans held Greece the same way the Spartans did, and the Romans failed, just like the Spartans.
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