About Marc Antony
Rhetorical Devices
Speech Context
Aristotelian Appeals
100

Where was Marc Antony from?

Rome

100

What rhetorical device does Antony use when he repeats the phrase, "Brutus is an honourable man" throughout his speech?

Anaphora

100

Where is the speech being given?

Casear's funeral
100

How does Antony make the crowd trust him in his speech?

By using ethos

200

Fill in the blank: Marc Antony was a _____ in the Roman Army

General

200

What type of question does Marc Antony ask when he says, “Did this in Caesar seem ambitious?"

Rhetorical question

200

Fill in the blank: _____ and a group of conspirators assassinated Caesar.

Brutus

200

Which appeal is Marc Antony using when he shares his personal friendship with Caesar?

Ethos

300

What was Marc Antony's relation to Caesar? (Ally/ Friend is not the right answer)

They were cousins

300

In Antony's speech, how does he compare Caesar's actions to Brutus's claims of ambition?

He contrasts them

300

Fill in the blank: Caesar was assassinated, as people believed he was a threat to the Roman ______.

Republic

300

 What appeal does Marc Antony primarily use when he describes Caesar’s compassion for the poor?

Pathos

400

What is Marc Antony's true opinion on the assassination of Caesar?

He was good friends and allies with Caesar, thus he does not support the assassination.

400

Question: When Antony says, "I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him," what is the rhetorical device he uses?

Irony, as he does praise Caesar.

400

What was Marc Antony’s main purpose in delivering his speech?

To turn the Roman people against the conspirators

400

What effect does Antony create by pausing and saying, “My heart is in the coffin there with Caesar”?

Pathos

500

How does Marc Antony describe himself in the speech?

As Caesar's friend who just wants to honor him

500

When Antony says, "O judgment! thou art fled to brutish beasts," which rhetorical device is he using to describe how reason and judgment have left the Roman people?

Metaphor

500

What does Marc Antony repeatedly call Brutus to emphasize sarcasm in his speech?

“an honourable man”

500

What appeal does Antony use by saying he’s not trying to prove Brutus wrong?

Ethos