Rhetorical Devices
Ethos, Logos or Pathos
What Happened
What Happened 2
What Happened 3
100
The speaker appeals to your emotions. (Believe me because I made you cry.)
What is pathos?
100

"Believe me for mine honor, and have respect to mine honor that you might believe."

What is ethos?

100

Caesar said for Marc Antony to touch Calpurnia in the race at the the feast of Lupercal because ___.

He wanted her to become pregnant.

100

He stood on the corner and said, "Caesar take heed of Cassius, trust not Casca, have an eye to Cinna. Decius Brutus loves thee not."

Who is Artemidoros.

100

The character trait associated with the plebians (lower ranking people in the crowds).

What is disloyal and prone to violence

200
The speaker says one thing but means another.
What is a verbal irony.
200

"As Caesar loved me, I weep for him. As he was fortunate, I rejoice at it. As he was valiant, I honor him. But, as he was ambitious, I slew him."

What is logos?

200

The disease that Caesar has 

What is epilepsy?

200

She stabbed herself in the leg to prove her toughness. Later, she swallowed fire out of despair.

Who is Portia?

200

The reason the conspirators wanted Caesar dead.

What is they thought he wanted to be king.

300
The speaker is believable by relevant knowlege and experience. (Believe me because I am trustworthy.)
What is ethos?
300
"Tis his will. Let but the commons hear this testament--Which, pardon me, I do not mean to read--"
What is verbal irony?
300

___ compared Caesar to a weak and crying schoolgirl.

Who is Cassius?

300

___ objects to letting Mark Antony speak at the funeral.

Who is Cassius?

300

The reason Cassius does not want to go to Phillipi.

What is that he want the troops to be rested

400
An appeal to logic. (Believe me because I make sense.)
What is logos?
400
"Bear with me. My heart is in the coffin there with Caesar, And I must pause until it comes back to me." (weeps)
What is pathos?
400

Mark Antony said _____ was the noblest Roman of them all.

Who is Brutus?

400

The character trait attributed to Brutus.

What is honorable?

400

Strato did this for Brutus at the end of the play.

What is hold the sword so Brutus could kill himself.

500
A question used to create dramatic effect rather than to get an answer.
What is a rhetorical question?
500
"I am no orator as Brutus is, But, as you know me all, a plain blunt man...For I have neither wit nor words nor worth, Action nor utterance nor the power of speech, To stir men's blood. I only speak right on."
What is verbal irony
500

The character who was most arrogant.

Who is Caesar?

500

The character trait that the conspirators associated with Caesar.

What is ambitious?

500

He was Caesar's heir and later renamed himself Caesar Augustus.

Who is Octavius?