Underline and label one example of each rhetorical device:

rhetorical question, amplification, appeal to patriotism

Be patient till the last.

Romans, countrymen, and  lovers! hear me for my

cause, and be silent, that you  may hear: believe me

for mine honour, and  have  respect to mine honour, that

you  may  believe: censure me  in your wisdom, and

awake your senses, that you may the better judge.

If there be any in this assembly, any dear friend of

Caesar’s, to him I say, that Brutus’ love to Caesar

was no less than his. If then that friend demand

why Brutus rose against Caesar, this is my answer:

–Not that I loved Caesar less, but that I loved

Rome more. Had you rather Caesar were living and

die all slaves, than that Caesar were dead, to live

all free men? As Caesar loved me, I weep for him;

as he was fortunate, I rejoice at it; as he was

valiant, I honour him: but, as he was ambitious, I

slew him. There is tears for his love; joy for his

fortune; honour for his valour; and death for his

ambition. 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. I pause for a reply.

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Then none have I offended. I have done no more to
Caesar than you shall do to Brutus. The question of
his death is enrolled in the Capitol; his glory not
extenuated, wherein he was worthy, nor his offences
enforced, for which he suffered death.

Enter ANTONY and others, with CAESAR’s body

Here comes his body, mourned by Mark Antony: who,
though he had no hand in his death, shall receive
the benefit of his dying, a place in the
commonwealth; as which of you shall not? With this
I depart,–that, as I slew my best lover for the
good of Rome, I have the same dagger for myself,
when it shall please my country to need my death.

4

Franklin Delano Roosevelt

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1. According to Brutus, why is it is necessary that Caesar be killed?

 to keep caesar frim becoming a tyrant

2. What actions  does Lucius perform that help the plot unfold?

he lets in the conspiritors

3. What is Brutus’s internal conflict?

 that he has no personal quarrel with Ceaser, yet he must kill him to keep him from foming into a tyrant

4. Why does Brutus disagree about taking an oath?

because…their words should be enough…

5. Why does Metellus think it would be a good idea to ask Cicero to join the conspiracy?

because he’s old snd wise, and as such would cast them in  a good light

 6. Why does Brutus say they should not ask Cicero to join the conspiracy?

he would take over the “project”

7. What does Brutus say about killing Marc Antony?

 that…should NOT kill Antony…

8. What reason does Cassius give for why Caesar might not come out of his house today?

because he was told to “beware the ides of March” and he is superstitious

9. By what method does Decius say he will use to get Caesar out of the house?

he “knows what buttons to push”….thats basicaly what he said…

10. Why is Portia, Brutus’s wife, worried about Brutus?

because she wants to know what is wrong with him, and he wont tell her