1. Literary Elements of Julius Caesar
Act III
William Shakespeare
Julius Caesar

2. Rhetorical devices and other terms to know
Julius Caesar, Act III
Rhetorical devices
and other terms to know

3. Antistrophe Definition: ____________________________
_____________________________________
Example: repetition of the phrase “Brutus is an honourable man.” Act III, scene ii
Your group’s example: ____________________
__________________________________________________________________________

4. Antithesis Definition: ____________________________
_____________________________________
Example: "Not that I loved Caesar less, but that I loved Rome more.” Act III, scene ii
Your group’s example: ____________________
__________________________________________________________________________

5. 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
Your group’s example: ____________________
__________________________________________________________________________

6. 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!”
Your group’s example: _________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________

7. Appeals: Logical/Logos
Definition: ___________________________
_____________________________________
Example: Brutus’s speech
Your group’s example: ____________________
__________________________________________________________________________

8. Appeals: Ethical/Ethos
Definition: ____________________________
_____________________________________
Example: Brutus’s speech, “believe me for mine honour, and have respect to mine honour, that you may believe…”
Your group’s example: ____________________
__________________________________________________________________________

9. Asyndeton Definition: ____________________________________
______________________________________________
Example: "Are all thy conquests, glories, triumphs, spoils, Shrunk to this little measure?" Act III, scene ii
Your group’s example: _____________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________________

10. 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
Your group’s example: ______________________
______________________________________________________________________________

11. Eulogy Definition: ___________________________
____________________________________
Example: Antony’s speech, Act III, scene ii
Your group’s example: ___________________
________________________________________________________________________

12. Metonymy Definition: _____________________________
_______________________________________
Example: "Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears.” Act III, scene ii
Your group’s example: ______________________
______________________________________________________________________________

13. 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
Your group’s example: ______________________
______________________________________________________________________________

14. 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
Your group’s example: _____________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________________

15. 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
Your group’s example: ______________________
______________________________________________________________________________

16. Rhetorical Question Definition: _____________________________
_______________________________________
Example: “Did this in Caesar seem ambitious?” Act III, scene ii
Your group’s example: ______________________
______________________________________________________________________________

17. 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
Your group’s example: ______________________