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This takes a look at Julius Caesar: the rhetoric, vocabulary, themes, etc.

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Verbal irony is when someone says one thing, but means another thing. Mark Antony's use of the word "honourable" is an example of verbal irony.

Domain: Literature; Category: Shakespeare

A trochaic meter is when two syllable words. The stress pattern is / - like the word season. This is used to command attention like Antony's start of his speech.

Domain: Literature; Category: Shakespeare

Situations irony is when someone tries to do one thing and the opposite happens. For example Brutus tries to free Rome from tyranny, and he ends up leaving Rome in the hands of a tyrannical leader.

Domain: Literature; Category: Shakespeare

There are MANY similes throughout Julius Caesar. A simile is the figurative language technique of comparing two items using like or as.

Domain: Literature; Category: Shakespeare

In the funeral speeches of both Mark Antony and Brutus they ask rhetorical questions. These are a very persuasive technique that help them get the audience on their side by asking questions when they ...

Domain: Literature; Category: Shakespeare

Rhetoric is the art of persuasion in speech or writing. In Julius Caesar a common theme is persuasion, thus there is plenty of rhetoric throughout the play.

Domain: Literature; Category: Shakespeare

At the term suggests, this is related to repeating a word. Sometimes a speaker will repeat a word so many times that it causes the listener to doubt the meaning.

Domain: Literature; Category: Shakespeare

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