Journal:• Situation: You are to give a

speech to the public. • Directions: Write an address

that uses the words “honorable” and “ambitious” multiple times.

• Consider: How will your speech sound? What methods of persuasion are you using (how are you reaching your audience)?

(When finished, pick up a copy of Classical Rhetoric for the Modern

Student)

REVIEW

• Logos• Ethos• Pathos

• Kairos• Audience• Decorum

Anaphora

• Repetition of a word or expression at the beginning of successive phrases, clauses, sentences, or verses especially for rhetorical or poetic effect 

• Example: Lincoln's “we cannot dedicate—we cannot consecrate—we cannot hallow—this ground” is an example of anaphora

See page 390-391 in Classical Rhetoric for the Modern Student

Epiphora/Epistrophe

• Repetition of a word or expression at the end of successive phrases, clauses, sentences, or verses especially for rhetorical or poetic effect

• Example: Lincoln's “of the people, by the people, for the people”

See page 390-391 in Classical Rhetoric for the Modern Student

Antony’s Speech (1950)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0aO89Elkcx4

Modern Antony’s Speechhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8slDtT-Hhg

Classwork:

• Read and annotate Marc Antony’s speech from Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar– Highlight, underline or circle the following:• Anaphora or epistrophe• Examples of ethos• Examples of pathos• Examples of logos

• Write down your own definition of ambitious and honorable according to their context in the speech

Homework:• Fill in the blanks of the Marc Antony speech

handout with synonyms or words that you fill would work best there– Remember: Synonyms can work like repetition! Consider: “He was

noble. He was good. He was righteous. He was honorable.”

• Find an example of anaphora, epistrophe, or general repetition in a speech, Bible verse, poem, story, etc. and copy it to the back of your fill-in-the blank handout.