Julius Caesar Act II Literary Devices

What figurative or rhetorical language is indicated by the highlighted text?

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• alliteration

Which type of figurative or rhetorical language BEST applies to the highlighted section?

• simile

• metaphor

• imagery

• onomatopoeia

What is an aside?

• A speech given alone on stage

• a type of irony in which the characters on stage are unaware of events that the audience is aware of

• a remark or passage by a character in a play that is intended to be heard by the audience but unheard by the other characters in the play

• a play on words

Calpurnia's dream is an example of...

• foreshadowing

• alliteration

• irony

• personification

When the augurers sacrifice a bird, they find that it does not have a heart. This is an example of:

• An allusion

• Foreshadowing

• Personification

• Metaphor

Brutus says

“Believe me because of my honor, and have respect for my honor“?

By reminding the crowd that he is known for his reputation, he is using which rhetorical device?

• Ethos

• Pathos

• Logos

• Slapos

What literary device is used when Brutus says, 'Let us be sacrificers, but not butchers, Caius'?

• A) Metaphor

• B) Simile

• C) Irony

• D) Alliteration

In Act II, Scene 1, Brutus uses the phrase 'the bright day brings forth the adder.' What literary device is this an example of?

• A) Metaphor

• B) Simile

• C) Personification

• D) Allusion

Which literary device is evident in the line 'Cowards die many times before their deaths; The valiant never taste of death but once'?

• A) Hyperbole

• B) Irony

• C) Metaphor

• D) Paradox

In Act II, Scene 2, Calpurnia's dream is an example of which literary device?

• A) Foreshadowing

• B) Alliteration

• C) Irony

• D) Personification