Media Literacy: Analyze Speeches Given in Historical Context

Question 1

In act 1, there is a conflict between leaders. Which assessment of the character is not correct?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

Brutus assists a leader.

Question 2

Which approach is not used when making an appeal to pathos?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

attention to facts and statistics

Question 3

Which statement about flat characters is true?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

Flat characters usually only have one trait that is developed in their story lines.

Question 4

Read the excerpt below from act 3.2 of The Tragedy of Julius Caesar and answer the question that follows. ANTONY:But Brutus says he was ambitious,And Brutus is an honorable man.He hath brought many captives home to Rome,Whose ransoms did the general coffers fill.Did this in Caesar seem ambitious?When that the poor have cried, Caesar hath wept.Ambition should be made of sterner stuff.Yet Brutus says he was ambitious,And Brutus is an honorable man.You all did see that on the LupercalI thrice presented him a kingly crown,Which he did thrice refuse. Was this ambition?Yet Brutus says he was ambitious,And sure he is an honorable man.I speak not to disprove what Brutus spoke, . . . . Based on Mark Antony’s argument in the above speech, why does he repeat the line, “But Brutus says he was ambitious,/And Brutus is an honorable man”?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

Mark Antony repeats that line to discredit Brutus by giving examples that prove that Caesar was not ambitious.

Question 5

What is the relationship between iambic pentameter and blank verse?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

Blank verse is a form of verse that uses iambic pentameter.

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