ACT I I I

Literary Elements of Julius Caesar

William Shakespeare Julius Caesar

Julius Caesar, Act III

RHETORICAL DEVICES AND OTHER TERMS TO KNOW

Antistrophe

Definition: ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Example: repetition of the phrase “Brutus is

an honourable man.” Act III, scene ii

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Antithesis

Definition: ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Example: "Not that I loved Caesar less, but

that I loved Rome more.” Act III, scene iiYour group’s example: ______________________________________________________________________________________________

Aposiopesis

Definition: ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Example: “Bear with me; My heart is in the

coffin there with Caesar, And I must pause till it come back to me..” Act III, scene ii

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Appeals: Emotional/Pathos

Definition: _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Example: Antony, “Have patience, gentle friends, I must

not read it; It is not meet you know how Caesar loved you. You are not wood, you are not stones, but men; And, being men, bearing the will of Caesar, It will inflame you, it will make you mad: 'Tis good you know not that you are his heirs; For, if you should, O, what would come of it!”

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Appeals: Logical/Logos

Definition: __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Example: Brutus’s speechYour group’s example: ______________________________________________________________________________________________

Appeals: Ethical/Ethos

Definition: ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Example: Brutus’s speech, “believe me for

mine honour, and have respect to mine honour, that you may believe…”

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Asyndeton

Definition: ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Example: "Are all thy conquests, glories, triumphs, spoils,

Shrunk to this little measure?" Act III, scene ii

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Epimone

Definition: __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Example: "Who is here so base that would be a

bondman? If any, speak; for him I have offended. Who is here so rude that would not be a Roman? If any speak; for him have I offended.” Act III, scene ii

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Eulogy

Definition: _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Example: Antony’s speech, Act III, scene iiYour group’s example: ___________________________________________________________________________________________

Metonymy

Definition: __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Example: "Friends, Romans, countrymen,

lend me your ears.” Act III, scene iiYour group’s example:

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Paralepsis

Definition: ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Example: "Have patience, gentle friends, I

must not read it. It is not meet you know how Caesar lov'd you." Act III, scene ii

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Parallelism

Definition: ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Example: “Who is here so base that would be a

bondman? If any, speak; for him have I offended. Who is here so rude that would not be a Roman? If any, speak; for him have I offended. Who is here so vile that will not love his country? If any, speak; for him have I offended.” Act III, scene ii

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Polysyndeton

Definition: ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Example: “For I have neither wit, nor words, nor

worth, Action, nor utterance, nor the power of speech, To stir men's blood….” Act III, scene ii

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Rhetorical Question

Definition: __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Example: “Did this in Caesar seem

ambitious?” Act III, scene iiYour group’s example:

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Verbal Irony

Definition: __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Example: “For Brutus is an honourable man;

So are they all, all honourable men” Antony’s entire speech in Act III, scene ii

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