Rhetoric in Julius Caesar

Rhetoric is the art of using language effectively in order to persuade. In Julius Caesar Brutus

and Antony have different purposes for gaining the audience’s favor when they deliver their

speeches. Brutus wants to rationalize his actions while Antony desires that the audience condemn the conspirators. Both men attempt

to gain the audience’s favor by the use of ethos, pathos, and logos.

What is Rhetoric Anyway?

PATHOS ETHOS

LOGOS

Speaker’s Purpose

How Did They Persuade the Audience?

Ethos

The writer or speaker appeals tohis/her own credibility and character

as a reasonable, reliable, and good person.

He is an honorable man

Pathos

Evokes audience’sEMOTIONS

throughhidden meanings,

sarcasm,irony, hyperbole,

contrast, and repetition.

LOGOS

Appeals to audience’sLOGIC & REASONING

By constructing a logical,Well-reasoned

Argument and message; May include the use of a

concession or counterargument.